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# parcini: a PARser in C for INI files
parcini is a simple parser for INI files somewhat inspired by inih. I made it
because I wanted a somewhat different API from that of inih, and because I was
half-way done when I found about inih.
It was mainly made to serve my needs, so I intend on keeping it super minimal.
Most probably inih or a different library might of more interest/use to you, but
feel free to use my implementation if it fits your use-case as it fits mine.
# License
parcini is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License,
version 2.1 only. For more information check the LICENSE file.
# Compiling
Just copy the header `include/parcini.h` and source `src/parcini.c` files to
your project. My main goal is to statically link it, so there's no "support" to
use it as a dynamically linked, but feel free to add it yourself.
A compiler with C99 support and a libc with POSIX.1-2008 are required.
The Makefile provided is just for testing purposes. The test(s) can be run
simply by executing `make` from the command-line.
## Compile-time options
Currently only the following compile-time option is available:
* `PARCINI_COMMENT_CHAR`: should be set to the desired character for start of
comment. Default is `'#'`.
# INI file format
There is no one standard INI file spec, but this implementation does differ some
from most other implementations out there.
* It expects only three possible value types: integer, boolean and string.
- Integers can be signed and should be withing the range of a long int. They
are parsed with `strtol()` so more information can be gathered from the
respective manual page.
- Booleans can be represented as `yes`/`no` or `true`/`false`.
- Strings should be surrounded by `"` quote characters, and can contain
quote characters without escaping, since the last quote character is
considered the closing one.
* `=` is the delimiter sign for keys and values, e.g. `key = value`
* Any white space (except newline) surrounding the `=` delimiter is ignored.
* Any white space after the end of a value, or the ] of a section is ignored.
Other characters are not ignored and invalidate the line, unless they are
preceded by the comment character.
* A new line means a new key-value, section, or comment/empty line.
* In the default compilation comments start with `#` and can be on their own
line or at the end of key-value and section lines.
## Example INI file
```ini
int=1995
string = "hello world"
bool = yes
# a comment
[section]
key="value" # another comment
```
# Example program
*TODO*
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