Re: NSE [GSoC] Infrastructure Tasks

[Patrick Donnelly <batrick () batbytes com>]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:47 AM, David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:56:55PM -0400, Patrick Donnelly wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 1:52 AM, Patrick Donnelly <batrick () batbytes com> wrote:
> > > I'll add more as I think of stuff.
> >
> > Tentative idea:
> >
> > o Add an LPeg parser for IDL [1]. The parser would dynamically
> > generate a new parser (also LPeg) that allows a script to talk via the
> > interface (in one specific case, MS RPC calls).
>
> I know you're keen to get LPeg in NSE. In order to ease its acceptance,
> could its first use be something less complex than an LPeg
> meta-generator? An esoteric use is going to turn people off. There has
> to be a simpler solution.

This is indeed a complicated use of LPeg. I wouldn't try to use it as
a way to get LPeg accepted. I'm just writing this idea down so it
isn't forgotten.

-- 
- Patrick Donnelly
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