Re: Suggested dual human/binary interface for proc/devfs

[Olaf Titz]

> 	On subject of parsing, and genrating the text file:-
> 1. parsing and generating is easy, if syntax is regular-expression rather
> 	than CFG.

Exactly. And make it as simple RE as possible.

Olaf

(PS. to the one who asked: CFG=context-free grammar - the difference
is that CFG allows for arbitrarily nested grouping while RE does not,
and it follows that RE is much easier to parse with common tools like sed.)