MDL stands for Minimalist Data Language. This framework is used to interpret MDL data files. The interpreter is designed for use with C++17 to manipulate and read data in a simple and efficient manner.
The source is located in /src/ so you may simply add it to your project if you wish. Alternatively, the compilation script cpl.bat will generate a DLL and an implib to use if you wish to link dynamically against MDL.
C++17 only. The compilation script was fashioned for the toolchain MinGW-W64 x86_64 g++ v7.1.0-posix-seh-rt_v5-rev2, so if you're not using a toolchain similar to this, you may not be able to use the compilation script.
If you wish to use this framework, go ahead. Unlike other repositories, you're free to use this all the while you adhere to the license used.
Although I do not currently desire any form of third-party developmental contribution whatsoever, I am open to the contribution of entertainment whilst I feebly continue my pointless existence. Now that I think about it, if you're really reading all of this, chances are I'm not the person with the most pointless existence here. Also I love pictures of puppies, especially golden retrievers. It took much willpower on my behalf to not use a picture of a super cute golden retriever pup as the icon to this engine's testing executable. I'm professional.
I use Git for versioning. Bet you didn't see that one coming. No versions are available on this repository's releases page, all binaries for all builds can be found in the corresponding commits /cpl/ directory.
- Harry Hollands - Sole Developer - Harrand
See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.
- XML for being so exceedingly verbose that it forced me to write my own data format. And also to YAML for not being my cup of tea (Probably due to Minecraft redpilling me on it).
Tags and Sequences.
Tag Format:
tagname: tagdata
Any string literals can be used for 'tagname' and 'tagdata' so long as they do not include a improper substring of the following:
%[
]%
:
\n
This pseudolanguage is almost identical to YAML, although even simpler (For example, MDL lacks the indentation structure that YAML possesses). Due to this, MDL is recommended only for simple data-handling. Although if you wish to describe an object with multiple attributes in MDL, I recommend the following strategy (Shown via an example below):
Problem: human1 is a tag which requires multiple pieces of data to represent. Simply append ".attribute_name" to the tagname to allow multiple tags to describe the same object. Support for this does not inherently exist, although it is easy to implement if required:
human1.name: Bob
human1.height: 180cm
human1.age: 22y
In addition, a sequence can be used for the tag human1 to represent all the appended attribute names you wish to use.