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Unread 09-01-2012, 22:32
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Re: What are you doing different from last year?

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Originally Posted by JohnGilb View Post
I'm still reading some of the links in the other thread, but what would you say is the comparative advantage of using INI over XML?

One of the things I like about the Flatten/Unflatten from XML is that all my variables are strongly typed in the robot, and I can reuse common names for things like PID gains since their parent typdef has a unique name. In addition, any changes I make to the typedefs themselves are transparent to the flattening process, so I don't need to make additional code changes.

Are there similar benefits when using INI?
It seems to me that ini would be an easier to read outside of labview, but the intellectual value of both seem similar.
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