From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail1.windriver.com (mail1.windriver.com [147.11.146.13]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 490522A5E for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2017 12:03:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from ALA-HCB.corp.ad.wrs.com (ala-hcb.corp.ad.wrs.com [147.11.189.41]) by mail1.windriver.com (8.15.2/8.15.1) with ESMTPS id v23B3qLQ000836 (version=TLSv1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2017 03:03:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from ALA-MBC.corp.ad.wrs.com ([fe80::fcbe:9b7:1141:89a1]) by ALA-HCB.corp.ad.wrs.com ([147.11.189.41]) with mapi id 14.03.0294.000; Fri, 3 Mar 2017 03:03:51 -0800 From: "Legacy, Allain" To: "DUMITRESCU, CRISTIAN FLORIN" , "RICHARDSON, BRUCE" CC: "dev@dpdk.org" , "Jolliffe, Ian" Thread-Topic: [PATCH 3/5] cfgfile: add support for unamed global section Thread-Index: AQHSk4tgVL/PsqOiw0GykXDainBcKKGC8QNQgAACzuA= Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 11:03:51 +0000 Message-ID: <70A7408C6E1BFB41B192A929744D85238A75B14F@ALA-MBC.corp.ad.wrs.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> In-Reply-To: <3EB4FA525960D640B5BDFFD6A3D8912652758055@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [128.224.140.166] 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 11:03:54 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Dumitrescu, Cristian [mailto:cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com] >=20 > What is the motivation for the having key/value pair outside of any secti= on? > What would be the drawback of having the user explicitly define a GLOBAL > section to host these key/value pairs? Global parameters that are outside of sections are part of the ini informal= "standard". Our app use this format. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INI_file#Global_properties