[Melbourne-pm] config file parsers

[Damian Conway]

Geoff Crompton wrote:

> I need a perl module to do config file parsing.

Hmmmmm. Not five minutes ago I finished writing that very guideline in my 
forthcoming "Perl Best Practices" book. <Dame Edna>Isn't that *spooky*, 
possums!</Dame Edna>

In my book I'm going to strongly recommend Config::Simple as having just the 
right mix of expressiveness and...well...lack of expressiveness. The key to 
making config files work well is to make very few assumptions about the 
sophistication of the people who will be writing those files (i.e. end-users).

Keeping the config file format simple (and the parser forgiving) is definitely 
the way to go here.

Damian