Re: Using XML in GDB?

Jim Blandy
2006-01-29T04:27:45Z

On 1/28/06, Paul Schlie <schlie@comcast.net> wrote:
> > From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
> > I think if you're going to have structured data, something like
> > XML or ASN.1 is the way to go. (I'd actually prefer to say "lisp
> > s-expressions", but then nobody would speak to me any more. :) )
>
> - Actually I'd have thought s-expression structured data would be a
> vastly superior choice relative either perverted (IMHO) alternative.

S-expressions are great if you've already got a lisp interpreter
around. If GDB had Guile integrated into it, making all this work
would be so easy we'd barely bother to have a conversation about it.
But our audience is more comfortable with Python, Ruby, and Perl; I
think a syntax that is well-supported by those tools is a better
choice.

It was a toss-off joke; I didn't mean to distract attention from
Daniel's proposal. We can have a GDB extension language discussion on
a separate thread, if people are interested.