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Subject: Re: [geda-user] FOSDEM
From: Jason White <whitewaterssoftwareinfo AT gmail DOT com>
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On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Peter Clifton <pcjc2 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-02-07 at 11:20 -0500, Jason White wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> It hardly seems that we would be "using" the underlying language at all;
> you are merely borrowing its syntax for variable assignment, and using
> its interpreter to avoid writing your own file parser.
>
> A similar thing (I think) would be S-Expressions, which most scheme /
> lisp environments would be able to read very naturally, and without
> execution. There is also JSON / JSONP and Javascript.

Indeed, this is the point.

You can use Lua for scripting and simultaneously you can make use of
its parser for other purposes such as data and configuration files.

The one thing that I find exciting is that with the data of a board or
schematic stored as Lua variables and arrays, it becomes really
trivial to write scripts that can act on your designs and modify them
without going through all of the hassle of parsing a custom format.

Thats where I want to go with this.

-- 
Jason White