From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACAE3BBC1 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:30:12 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlUCAFpz7EfAbSoIiGdsb2JhbACRMwEBAQ8mmTU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,569,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="8904920" Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.8]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 28 Mar 2008 12:30:12 +0100 X-Envelope-From: oliver@first.in-berlin.de X-Envelope-To: Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by einhorn.in-berlin.de (8.13.6/8.13.6/Debian-1) with ESMTP id m2SBUBaL030048 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:30:11 +0100 Received: (from www-data@localhost) by einhorn.in-berlin.de (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id m2SBUB40030046 for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:30:11 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: einhorn.in-berlin.de: www-data set sender to oliver@first.in-berlin.de using -f Received: from dslb-088-073-089-114.pools.arcor-ip.net (dslb-088-073-089-114.pools.arcor-ip.net [88.73.89.114]) by webmail.in-berlin.de (IMP) with HTTP for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:30:11 +0100 Message-ID: <1206703811.47ecd6c379853@webmail.in-berlin.de> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:30:11 +0100 From: Oliver Bandel To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] The Bridge Pattern in OCaml References: <4a051d930803190929q60d31012kb6c9d2b03a2d2ca6@mail.gmail.com> <891bd3390803191907q5838ee66u83cb35e549805af0@mail.gmail.com> <200803281206.30620.micha-1@fantasymail.de> In-Reply-To: <200803281206.30620.micha-1@fantasymail.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.6 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang_at_IN-Berlin_e.V. on 192.109.42.8 X-Spam: no; 0.00; bandel:01 in-berlin:01 ocaml:01 re-use:01 re-use:01 monster:98 oliver:01 oliver:01 caml-list:01 binary:02 seems:03 pattern:04 michael:07 schrieb:08 cases:08 Zitat von Michael Wohlwend : > Am Freitag, 28. März 2008 11:44:41 schrieb Jim Farrand: > > > ... The > > complete game and monster state needs to be saved and reloaded, > > possibly between different versions of the program. > > I would make my own format with a version number. > Maybe: > a complicated binary format, > a more text like format like json or yaml or xml *schockhorror* > or use a small db for storing, like sqlite. [...] For special purposes and requirements, I would recommend to develop a special file format. Or, if other game engines' formats could be re-used without legal problems, and no re-engeneering from the source is necessary, one could re-use those formats. For example, if your code is GPLed, I would have some Python-stuff in mind... But possibly you have to code you another "Bridge" ;-) between this stuff and your Ocaml-program. To re-use in some cases needs more time than to re-invent. :-) It seems that you already know, what things you want to write to the files, so then the fileformat it's specification is at hand. Ciao, Oliver P.S.: ==>:1,$ s/you/the original author/g