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# A 'tconfpy' Example Configuration File 
# Copyright 2003-2005 TundraWare Inc.
# $Id: example.cfg,v 1.109 2005/01/19 23:22:12 tundra Exp $
#
# This is designed to illustrate the various features
# of the 'tconfpy' configuration language.
#
# You can play with this using the 'test-tc.py' test driver
# program.  For instance:
#
#      python test-tc.py debug litvars debug example.cfg
#      python test-tc.py symtbl litvars debug example.cfg
#
# See the 'test-tc.py' documentation for a description of
# the various options it supports.
#
#
# Whitespace is ignored and used here for neatness.
# Everything is case-sensitive except values for booleans.


#####
# Creating And Modifing Variables
#####

foo = 123          # Creates variable 'foo' and sets its value to "123"
foo = bar          # Changes the value of 'foo' to "bar"
Foo = blat         # Variable names are case sensistive: New variable 'Foo' introduced here


#####
# Variable References - Getting The Value Of A Variable
#####

boing = [foo]      # Creates variable 'boing' and sets its value to "bar"

#####
# Indirect variable access
#####

[foo] = baz    # Creates variable 'bar' and sets its value to "baz"


#####
# Accessing Environment Variables
#####

boo   = [$USER]    # Creates variable 'boo' and assigns it the value
                   # of the environment variable 'USER'.  This will
                   # cause an error if 'USER' is not defined.


#####
# Namespaces
#####

[NS1]          # Changes namespace to 'NS1'

foo = 100      # Creates 'NS1.foo' and sets its value to "100'

NAMESPACE=NS2  # Changes namespace to 'NS2'

bar = [.NS1.foo]   # Sets 'NS2.bar' to "100" - notice the escaped variable reference

NAMESPACE =    # Reset namespace back to root - can also be done with [] on line by itself


#####
# Existential Conditionals
#####


# Logical AND

.ifall $USER bar  # Both environment variable 'USER' and variable 'bar' must
                  # Exist for this to be true
 
   ifall = True   # Notice you cannot use variable 'IFALL' - it is predefined as
                  # an internal variable for one of the reserved words
                  # and is marked as Read Only

.else             # If either or both did not exist - this is optional

    ifall = FALSE

.endif            # This is required


# Logical OR

.ifany $USER bar  # Either environment variable 'USER' or variable 'bar' must
                  # exist for this to be true
 
   ifany = TRUE

.else
 
   ifany = I don't THINK so!

.endif


# Logical NOR

.ifnone $USER bar # Neither environment variable 'USER' or variable
                  # 'bar' may exist for this to be true
 
   ifnone = TRUE

.else

   ifnone = No Way Jose'

.endif


#####
# Comparison Conditionals
#####

# In these examples, notice that the left-hand-side of the comparison
# is a variable *reference*.  We want to compare the *value* of the
# variable 'NS.2.bar' to the right-hand-side, not the name of the variable.

.if [.NS2.bar] == 100

    ifequiv = yup

.endif

.if [.NS2.bar] != 1000

    ifnotequiv = yup

.endif


#####
# Literal Text Processing
#####

# In this example, notice that any the variables references in the
# literal block ('[HASH]' and '[MyMsg]') only get replaced if you run
# 'test-tc.py' with the 'litvars' option.

MyMsg = Hello World!

.ifall [foo]
    .literal

      /* Here is some C Code - Variable Refs below replaced only
         if 'litvars' option selected from test-tc.py */

      [HASH]include <stdio.h>

      main()
	{
	  printf("[MyMsg]");
	}

    .endliteral
.endif



#####
# Type And Value Enforcement
####

# This illustrates 'tconfpy's ability to enforce type and value
# agreement.  To make this work, you have to invoke 'test-tc.py' with
# the 'symtbl' argument.  This will pass an initial symbol table with
# validation constraints defined for the variables used below.  To see
# the permitted values and types of the variables passed when
# 'symbtbl' is used, look at the top part of the 'test-tc.py' source
# code.

# Some of these examples purposely introduce a type/value
# error to illustrate how 'tconfpy' does validation.


# Write Protection

ro1 = Something         # Error: 'ro1' is a Read Only variable


# Type Enforcement

int1 = 4s               # Error: 'int1' only accepts integers


# Value Enforcement

int1 = 11               # Error: Value must be one of 1, 2, or 23


# Value Enforcement For Namespace Names

# You can make this fail if you supply 'test-tc.py' the 'limitns' option

[XYZ]                   # Error: the 'limitns' option requires namespaces to begin with 'NS'. 
                        # Notice that this is just a test driver feature to help you learn
                        # 'tconfpy'.  You can place any limits you like on namespace formation 
                        # in your own programs.

[]                      # But this always works because the root namespace is always legal


# Enforcing String Content

str1 = box              # Fine
str1 = Bax              # Also Fine
str1 = FunStuff         # Error: Does not match any of the validation regular expressions

# Enforcing String Lengths

str1 = abc              # This is OK
str1 = ab               # Too short: must be at least 3 characters long
str1 = abcccccccccccc   # Too long: must be 8 or less characters long


# Setting Booleans 

# This is the one case where the right-hand-side of the assignment is
# INsensitive to case.

# Booleans can be set with: Yes/No, True/False, 1/0, and On/Off

bool1 = yEs
bool1 = 0
bool1 = yessir          # Error: Unrecognized boolean value


# Testing Booleans - The HARD WAY

# No matter how you set it, the *value* of a boolean is always stored as
# 'True' or 'False'.  This matters when doing Comparison Conditionals

.if [bool1] == False

    bool1was = False

.else

    bool1was = True

.endif

.if [bool1] == Off       # Will always be false - a boolean never takes on
                         # the value of anything other than 'True' or 'False'
   # something

.endif

# Testing Booleans - The EASY WAY

# Quick Review: If you do this, you are testing to see if a boolean
# variable *exists*:
#
#   .ifall/any/none  BoolVar1 BoolVar2 ....
#
# Ordinarily, [foo] returns the *value* of variable 'foo'.  But in the
# case of booleans in an existential test, this construct returns the
# *logical state* of the boolean variable.  So you can do things like:


bool1 = True

.ifany [bool1]

    bool1was=True

.else

    bool1was=False

.endif

# This only works *within existential tests* (.ifany, .ifall, .ifnone).
# Everywhere else, [BoolVar] will return one of the strings, 'True' or 'False'.

# You can also mix and match boolean state tests and regular existentials:

.ifnone [bool1] variable1 [str1] ....
    # something
.endif