Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Dec 2022 17:14:42 -0500 | From | "Theodore Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: [oss-security] [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly |
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On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 01:02:35PM -0500, Demi Marie Obenour wrote: > > I think the argument I'm trying to make is to be flexible in > > implementation, allowing for future needs and wants--that is "future > > proofing". > > Linux should not have an XML, JSON, or YAML serializer. Linux already > does way too much; let’s not add one more thing to the list.
There's always Protobufs[1]! :-) And all of these are better than ASN.1, for which Google already has a limited parser (for x.509 certificates). :-) :-) :-)
- Ted
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