nisse, the not intricate serialised s expressions

nisse  __
    .-'  |
   /   <\|
  /     \'
  |_.- o-o
  / C  -._)\
 /',        |
|   `-,_,__,'
(,,)====[_]=|
  '.   ____/
   | -|-|_
   |____)_)

Typesystem:

• Entries starting with any of 1234567890-. are interpreted as numbers
  • And if the number contains a . it is considered a float
• Entries starting with ` are a raw strings `like this`
  • They can contain raw new lines and other characters, does not support escaped characters.
• Entries starting with ( are arrays, and they are ended with a )
• Other entries are interpreted as whitespace delimited words

A common behaviour is to have a string as the first element of an array, where that string is the tag or variable name.

API

The C library exposes the AST directly, to write to a file you must generate one yourself. There are macros and functions to make this step easier.

A parsed file returns a generated AST. There are functions that help you verify formats and for getting tagged arrays/variables.

View nisse.h for information about the functions.

example .nisse file

(player
    (hp 2.000000)
    (items
        (sword (type weapon) (damage 10))
        (knife (damage 4))
        (bow (type weapon) (damage 10) (range 15))
        (crossbow
            (type `ranged weapon`)
            (damage 16)
            (range 25)
            (properties poison fire)
        )
        (sling (damage 4) (range 3))
    )
)
(items
    (test)
    ()
    (())
    (sword (damage 10))
)
(`v3 array`
    (1.000000 2.000000 3.000000)
    (4.000000 5.000000 6.000000)
    (7.000000 8.000000 9.000000)
    (10.000000 0.000010 420.690002)
)