[linux-dvb] Re: channels.conf syntax?

[Emard <emard@softhome.net>]

> Why?  What exactly wouldn't work with the existing format?  I don't see
> problems with multiple entries for one station, then doing a search and
> pick something you want (any, sat prefeated, same TS with program foo,
> whatever ...).

It's pity to have mess in data...
Everything could work of course but require lots of hacking in the code 
and effort to program it. Better is to organize the data structure to 
higher level of structure and allow simplification of the code to handle 
it...

> > versa! Imagine, config files exchangeable and you don't need to
> > even, touch you application, just change *.xsl filter files 
> 
> Ok, I wouldn't program that stuff in C but in xsl.  Point being?

Point being: for parsing, to use the tools where knowledgeable authours 
have already worked out the hard work about the syntax, semantics
and the code to handle that. Parsing XML with XSL is simple even
with advanced hierarchial stuff. Where there's a parsing need that
in C would be extremely complex, and even C++ code would look
difficult to follow what it does, XSL does it obvious and 
with ease...

We can only hesitate to accept new programming technology but sooner 
or later we will face the need to use it. 


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