Re: [Qemu-devel] ANN: QEMU Monitor Protocol git tree

[Avi Kivity]

On 09/23/2009 12:57 PM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > Ignoring the dos-ism, since you can parse JSON with a regexp, why do we
> > need explicit message boundaries?
> >      
> I think it would be nice to be able to assume that each JSON message
> will not cross a line-end boundary. Whether we use CRLF, just CR or
> just LF I don't mind. Its much easier to search for a message boundary
> by just doing strchr('\n')  than having to actually parse the JSON or
> use a regexp at that point.
>    

A good parser will consume exactly enough characters to make up an 
object or let you know if it needs more.  I don't think using a regexp 
is warranted.

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