[Config4gnu-developer] parsers and extensions

[Jason L. <jl...@me...>]

I've been thinking about yet another approach for parsers. Would it be
possible to write the generic parsers in a way that they could be extended
by more specific parsers.

i.e.
 create a samba parser that extends the inifile parser
 samba parser does not need any syntax recognition abilities, but it will
recognize known parameters and print out XML representation for them

it could be something like whenever inifile recognizes a new section it
calls a method named "newSection", which the samba parser overrides to
recognize sections specific to Samba, or whenever inifile recognizes a new
parameter, it calls a method named "newParameter" which the samba parser
overrides to recognize known Samba parameters and their data types.

It's an idea.

Jason