RE: [rgui-dev] API Time

[Curt Hibbs]

Massimiliano Mirra wrote:
>
> > additional thoughts?
>
> I've not been following YAML closely, but I was wondering whether it
> could be of help.  I gather YAML produces a readable translation of an
> object which can also be translated back into an object.  If I'm
> mistaken, disregard the next paragraph. :-)
>
> We wouldn't have an either/or scenario.  An interface could be written
> in YAML and marshalled into an InterfaceDescription at runtime, as
> well as created at runtime and then written in YAML format.
>
> I admit some reluctancy to consider XML.  I'd like to imagine a GUI by
> just looking at its description, and it's hard with XML where
> everything soon becomes flooded with tags.

Perhaps I spoke too quickly about pushing for XML, as I really know little
about YAML. I was viewing it from a developer familiarity and tool
availability perspective.

Curt