From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DC572A5E for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2017 12:06:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 03 Mar 2017 03:06:19 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,236,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="830501646" Received: from irsmsx107.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.99]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 03 Mar 2017 03:06:18 -0800 Received: from irsmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.11.173]) by IRSMSX107.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.10.3]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Fri, 3 Mar 2017 11:06:16 +0000 From: "Dumitrescu, Cristian" To: "Legacy, Allain (Wind River)" , "Richardson, Bruce" CC: "dev@dpdk.org" , "Jolliffe, Ian (Wind River)" Thread-Topic: [PATCH 3/5] cfgfile: add support for unamed global section Thread-Index: AQHSk4tgVL/PsqOiw0GykXDainBcKKGC8QNQgAACzuCAAAEqcA== Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 11:06:15 +0000 Message-ID: <3EB4FA525960D640B5BDFFD6A3D89126527580A4@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <1488482971-170522-1-git-send-email-allain.legacy@windriver.com> <1488482971-170522-4-git-send-email-allain.legacy@windriver.com> <3EB4FA525960D640B5BDFFD6A3D8912652758055@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> <70A7408C6E1BFB41B192A929744D85238A75B14F@ALA-MBC.corp.ad.wrs.com> In-Reply-To: <70A7408C6E1BFB41B192A929744D85238A75B14F@ALA-MBC.corp.ad.wrs.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiZjNhNzkzMDctZTE2Ny00YTE4LWI0OGItZDYzNzcwZGIwMDJmIiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX0lDIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE2LjIuMTEuMCIsIlRydXN0ZWRMYWJlbEhhc2giOiJ5V09QNVhVK0g1dmhHNzl5dFN1SW1ka3pVXC9taFRWa1g1eTR3NFc5cEFvOD0ifQ== x-ctpclassification: CTP_IC x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.180] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] cfgfile: add support for unamed global section X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 11:06:20 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Legacy, Allain [mailto:Allain.Legacy@windriver.com] > Sent: Friday, March 3, 2017 11:04 AM > To: Dumitrescu, Cristian ; Richardson, Bru= ce > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Jolliffe, Ian (Wind River) > Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/5] cfgfile: add support for unamed global section >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dumitrescu, Cristian [mailto:cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com] > > > > What is the motivation for the having key/value pair outside of any > section? > > What would be the drawback of having the user explicitly define a GLOBA= L > > section to host these key/value pairs? > Global parameters that are outside of sections are part of the ini inform= al > "standard". Our app use this format. >=20 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INI_file#Global_properties >=20 >=20 I am not totally against it, but IMO this option is a bit confusing. Again,= what's wrong with user explicitly adding the GLOBAL section if needed?