* Emile van Sebille <em...@fenx.com> [120330 12:21]: <....> >If the string above is split on the first occurance of '|', > >the result is a 'leftmost' component which can be decomposed into a > >nested list of integers which can then be used to parse the > >'rightmost' string into a dictionary. > > > >What would be a generic term or a pythonist term for such a string? > > > > I've called them formatted or structured -- you could also say > proprietary I imagine. I'm not aware if there's a formal name... Back in the day when I worked in C and did a bit of reconstructing proprietory database schemes in legacy systems, it was common for a binary file to start with a "map" which defined how to search the subsequent content. I never did know if there was a formal terminology for such a setup. I guess there isn't.
Thanks for the reply. -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
