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Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/3] add a library of code for producing structured output

From
Eric Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date
Apr 11, 2010, 20:57 UTC
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<20100411205704.GA16098@thyrsus.com>
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Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk>:
> That should be much easier.  Though actually I am fairly close to getting
> _all_ output from ls-tree going through the output library ... (i.e. even
> the normal no-option output).  I don't know what people's opinion on this
> approach is, but I thought it was worth a try anyway.

I make encouraging noises in your direction. This approach sounds like an orthogonality and consistency win.

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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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  1. 0/3 JSON/XML output for scripting interfaceJulian Phillips, Apr 11, 2010
  2. 1/3 strbuf: Add strbuf_vaddf functionJulian Phillips, Apr 11, 2010
  3. Erik Faye-LundApr 11, 2010
  4. Julian PhillipsApr 11, 2010
  5. 2/3 add a library of code for producing structured outputJulian Phillips, Apr 11, 2010
  6. Erik Faye-LundApr 11, 2010
  7. Julian PhillipsApr 11, 2010
  8. Jakub NarebskiApr 11, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2010
  10. Sverre RabbelierApr 11, 2010
  11. Julian PhillipsApr 11, 2010
  12. Jakub NarebskiApr 11, 2010
  13. Julian PhillipsApr 11, 2010
  14. Eric RaymondApr 11, 2010
  15. 3/3 status: add support for structured outputJulian Phillips, Apr 11, 2010
  16. Sverre RabbelierApr 11, 2010
  17. Julian PhillipsApr 11, 2010
  18. Sverre RabbelierApr 11, 2010
  19. Julian PhillipsApr 11, 2010
  20. Sverre RabbelierApr 11, 2010
  21. Jon SeymourApr 11, 2010
  22. Eric RaymondApr 11, 2010
  23. Jon SeymourApr 11, 2010
  24. Julian PhillipsApr 11, 2010

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