Re: [Adonthell-devel] Re: charedit

[Andrew Phillips]

I think I will have to think about it before I make any decisions. 2
seems to make the most sense right now, but I would rather consider
things more fully. Is it worth thinking about what datatypes we'll
need to describe a given character or creature and then abstract from
there?

On 6/29/06, Kai Sterker <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 6/29/06, Andrew Phillips <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Yes, please. A format definition - or even a nesting scheme - would be
> > very useful.
>
> Okay. I could imagine three variations, although I tend towards number 2:
>
> 1. <data>
>       <var id="" type="..."></var>
>       <var id="" type="L">
>          <var id="" type="..."></var>
>       </var>
>     </data>
>
>    We only have elements of type <var>, which contain CDATA or, if
> type="L" nested <var> elements.
>
> 2. <data>
>       <var id="" type="..."></var>
>       <list id="">
>          <var id="" type="..."></var>
>       </list>
>     </data>
>
>    We have <var> elements for simple types and <list> elements for nesting.
>
> 3.  <data>
>       <uint_8 id=""></uint_8>
>       <list id="">
>          <string id=""></string>
>       </list>
>     </data>
>
>    There is a different element for each type. Again, <list> is used
> for nesting.
>
> We will need to have the following types, also present in the binary
> file format:
>
> Boolean, unsigned integers with 1, 2 and 4 bytes, signed integers with
> 1, 2 and 4 bytes, floats and doubles, 1 byte chars and strings, binary
> data and the list.
>
> Since I have not too much experience with XML, I cannot really decide
> which of the three suggestions might be suited best. What do you
> think?
>
> Kai
>
>
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