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Whistler

02-01-2005 07:36

a simple .ini parser

its code isn't very "clever"... but it's enough to be used with bots:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.p...pp?view=markup
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.p....h?view=markup

(I'm licensing this code under GNU GPL with the special exception to link against the HLSDK)

using is very simple:

PHP Code:


		
			
#include "ini.h" // at the top of your source file



CIniFile ini("test.ini"); // load an ini file

printf("%s\n", ini.Get("SECTION", "Item")); // read a item from the file

ini.Set("SECTION", "Item", "Value"); // write a value to the ini

ini.Save("filename.ini"); // save the ini file

Rifleman

02-01-2005 09:12

Re: a simple .ini parser

well done man !

koraX

02-01-2005 12:37

Re: a simple .ini parser

Some notes :

Get rid of pragma once, you already have .h guard defined before it
I recommend using C++ constructs, if you are already using classes (malloc -> new, FILE* -> std::fstream, char* -> std::string
Wrap your parser in some napespace, so people can use it in their programs without potential conflicts
you should trim section name after you remove [ ], example

Code:

[ foo]

will be loaded as " FOO" instead of "FOO"
implement removing items
realoc is too often, will fragment memory and slow things down. I recommend allocating in blocks, like I'll allocate 10 units at start and if eleventh unit will come, I'll allocate another 10 units, allocating everytime unit comes is IMO slow and ineffective
overall it is small good simple program :)

@$3.1415rin

02-01-2005 13:17

Re: a simple .ini parser

maybe use the STL, especially the vector<..> class, to get rid of all those explicit memory handling stuff, makes a lot of stuff a lot more simpler.

and depending on how you wanna use that ini class, if it's called often and needs to be fast, a hashtable might be useful

Whistler

08-01-2005 06:30

Re: a simple .ini parser

updating CVS to fix a memory leak and allocate memory in blocks (thanks Jozef Wagner)

P.S, I found the memory leak with this handy tool:
http://filebase.bots-united.com/inde...on=file&id=254

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