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Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly

From: Demi Marie Obenour <demi () invisiblethingslab com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 19:33:50 -0500

On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 05:14:42PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:

On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 01:02:35PM -0500, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:

I think the argument I'm trying to make is to be flexible in
implementation, allowing for future needs and wants--that is "future
proofing".


Linux should not have an XML, JSON, or YAML serializer.  Linux already
does way too much; let’s not add one more thing to the list.


There's always Protobufs[1]!  :-)  And all of these are better than
ASN.1, for which Google already has a limited parser (for x.509
certificates).   :-)   :-)   :-)

                                              - Ted


Cap’n Proto is better than Protobufs :-)
-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
Invisible Things Lab

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- - - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Shawn Webb (Dec 28)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Shawn Webb (Dec 28)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Demi Marie Obenour (Dec 28)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Jan Engelhardt (Dec 28)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Shawn Webb (Dec 28)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Demi Marie Obenour (Dec 28)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly John Helmert III (Dec 28)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Shawn Webb (Dec 28)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Alejandro Colomar (Dec 28)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Theodore Ts'o (Dec 29)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Demi Marie Obenour (Dec 29)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Alan Coopersmith (Dec 29)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Steffen Nurpmeso (Dec 29)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly David A. Wheeler (Dec 29)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Jeffrey Walton (Dec 29)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Steffen Nurpmeso (Dec 29)
    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Steffen Nurpmeso (Dec 28)
    - RE: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly David Laight (Dec 31)
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    - Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Jakub Wilk (Dec 30)
- Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly Steffen Nurpmeso (Dec 22)