data design

[Imbaud Pierre]

Paddy a écrit :
> 
> On Jan 30, 2:34 pm, Imbaud Pierre <pierre.imb... at laposte.net> wrote:
> 
>>The applications I write are made of, lets say, algorithms and data.
>>I mean constant data, dicts, tables, etc: to keep algorithms simple,
>>describe what is peculiar, data dependent, as data rather than "case
>>statements". These could be called configuration data.
>>
>>The lazy way to do this: have modules that initialize bunches of
>>objects, attributes holding the data: the object is somehow the row of
>>the "table", attribute names being the column. This is the way I
>>proceeded up to now.
>>Data input this way are almost "configuration data", with 2 big
>>drawbacks:
>>  - Only a python programmer can fix the file: this cant be called a
>>    configuration file.
>>  - Even for the author, these data aint easy to maintain.
>>
>>I feel pretty much ready to change this:
>>- make these data true text data, easier to read and fix.
>>- write the module that will make python objects out of these data:
>>the extra cost should yield ease of use.
>>
>>2 questions arise:
>>- which kind of text data?
>>     - csv: ok for simple attributes, not easy for lists or complex
>>     data.
>>     - xml: the form wont be easier to read than python code,
>>       but an xml editor could be used, and a formal description
>>       of what is expected can be used.
>>- how can I make the data-to-object transformation both easy, and able
>>   to spot errors in text data?
>>
>>Last, but not least: is there a python lib implementing at least part
>>of this dream?
> 
> Google for YAML and JSON formats too.
> http://www.yaml.org/
> http://www.json.org/
> 
> -Paddy
> 
Hurray for yaml! A perfect fit for my need! And a swell tool!
Thanks a lot!