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<p>I would have expected you to get some answers by now, but let me see what I can do.</p> <p>Your question is a bit vague, but it sounds like you want one of</p> <ul> <li>Code generation</li> <li>An embedded extension language</li> <li>A hand coded run-time mini language</li> </ul> <h2>Code Generation</h2> <p>You say that you are currently hand tooling the configuration code each time you change this. I'm willing to bet that this is a highly repetitive task, so there is no reason that you can't write program to do it for you. Your generator should consume some domain specific language and emit c code and header files which you subsequently build into you application. An example of what I'm talking about here would be <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GNU gengetopt</a>. There is nothing wrong with the idea of using xml for the input language.</p> <p>Advantages: </p> <ul> <li>the resulting code can be both fast and compact</li> <li>there is no need for an interpreter running on the target platform</li> </ul> <p>Disadvantages:</p> <ul> <li>you have to write the generator</li> <li>changing things requires a recompile</li> </ul> <h2>Extension Language</h2> <p>Tcl, python and other languages work well in conjunction with c code, and will allow you to specify the configuration behavior in a dynamic language rather than mucking around with c typing and strings and and and...</p> <p>Advantages:</p> <ul> <li>dynamic language probably means the configuration code is simpler</li> <li>change configuration options without recompiling</li> </ul> <p>Disadvantages:</p> <ul> <li>you need the dynamic language running on the target platform</li> </ul> <h2>Mini language</h2> <p>You could write your own embedded mini-language.</p> <p>Advantages:</p> <ul> <li>No need to recompile</li> <li>Because you write it it will run on your target</li> </ul> <p>Disadvantages:</p> <ul> <li>You have to write it yourself</li> </ul>
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