From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2006-10-06T22:40:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Using configuration files (replacing shellscripts)


Karl Voit wrote:
> * Jim Crossley <jim@crossleys.org> wrote:
> > Hi...
>
> Hi!
>
> > If I understand what you're asking for, you may want to have a look at
> > YAML.  Your config file can look like this:
> >
> > ####
> > adapter:   mysql
> > database:  demodb
> > username:  karl
> > password:  pa$$w0rd
> > socket:    /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
> > ####
> >
> > Turning that file into a ruby hash is a one-liner...
>
> Thanks for the hint.
>
> Is is possible to reduce the redundancy of
>
> ,----
> | basedir: /this/directory
> | logdir:  /this/directory/log
> `----
>
> to something like that?
>
> ,----
> | basedir: /this/directory
> | logdir:  $basedir/log
> `----
>
> I have to use this in the configs quite often.

I've been asking for interpolation in YAML for a while now. Either the
feature or I am being ignored :-(

FYI, though. It's not to hard to create a two-pass filter to add this
functionity if you really need it.

T.