[Freeciv-Dev] Re: do you really want to work on the ~ (was: registry)

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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: do you really want 
to work on the ~ (was:
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On Wed, 2001-12-05 at 20:52, Raimar Falke 
wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 08:30:15PM +0000, 
Jules Bean wrote:
> > Writing your own parser is error-prone
> 
> Not with flex+bison.

Different kind of error.  You can still make 
logical errors even using
flex+bison. (You can still make logical 
errors using libxml, of course;
I was just suggesting it's easier with a 
library).

> 
> > Alternatively, there may be standardised 
forms of the above. Doesn't
> > the stuff libproplist uses look a bit 
like that?
> 
> I couldn't find an online docu in the first 
30 matches of google. This
> doesn't speak for the library.

Neither could I, or I would have posted the 
link ;-)

In any case, I'm not a freeciv developer, so 
it's not my decision :)

Jules