[DGD] parse_string implementation of restore_variable()

[Shentino]

Are you sure you don't want to handle nil?

What about arrays with object or nil elements?

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:57 AM,  <bart at wotf.org> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I wrote a bit of parse_string grammar for parsing strings in mudos
> save_variable() format and restore the variable contained in it.
> It does not handle objects, and can't deal with 'nil', however, it is
> meant for parsing a mudmode data stream, and both objects and nil values
> should not occur in those (objects because they make no sense, and nil
> because mudos/fluffos do not encode nil in save_variable format).
>
> If you need object handling, it should be relatively easy to add, I'll likely
> do so myself over time.
>
> A small library implementing this can be found at:
>
> http://mud.wotf.org/saverestorevar.c
>
> Note, it also contains a save_variable() implementation.
>
> There are probably many enhancements possible still, but this is a big
> improvement over the hand written parsers I have seen so far, both in
> performance and reliability.
>
> If you have any improvements, drop me a mail :)
>
> Bart.
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