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[Kenneth Downs]

Andromeda uses its own syntax for data files, which I would love to get 
rid of.

JSON strikes me as a worthy candidate.  Is anybody using it on the 
server-side with enough confidence to answer this question:  Can I type 
a file of JSON stuff by hand and convert it easily into a nested 
associative array?

The example from andromeda would be:

table table_name {
   module: demo;
   description: My Table Name;

  column example { primary_key: Y; }
}

which we convert into an associative array:

$tables['table_name'] = array(
   'module'=>'demo'
   ,'description'=>'My Table Name'
   ,'column'=>array(
      'example'=>array('primary_key'=>'Y')
  )
);

The only real need I have is a syntax that can easily specify 
property-value pairs and nested elements which have their own 
property-value pairs and their own nested elements and so on.

-- 
Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
www.secdat.com    www.andromeda-project.org
631-379-7200   Fax: 631-689-0527


-- 
Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
www.secdat.com    www.andromeda-project.org
631-379-7200   Fax: 631-689-0527

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