Re: Lua as configuration language

[Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@...>]

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch> wrote:
> I posted a short article on how to use Lua as a configuration and data exchange language.
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> http://www.netbsd.org/~mbalmer/lua/lua_config.pdf

>From a first cursory glance: I'd add some information on "constructor
functions" (or how they are properly called — foo { a = 42 }), a.b.c =
5 syntax with automagic tables (where sub-tables are created
automatically) and config format validation.

§2 probably should reference http://lua-users.org/wiki/SandBoxes.

Also, Roberto's name is spelled incorrectly in the second footnote on
the first page.

HTH,
Alexander.