perl_config

Perl_config is a configuration file parser written in Perl that can be utilized in other projects. This tool was created in a few hours and does not have extensive syntax checking, so results may vary. However, it can still be beneficial as a simple configuration file parser. As such, it is available under the terms of the GPL license.

Although still under development, it can currently parse configuration files in the following format:

# This is a comment - obviously
section_one {
some_variable = some_value
another_variable = another_value
}

# another comment
a_free_floating_assignment = "Not in any section"

another_section {
yet_another_variable = 1234
}

One limitation of this tool is that it lacks full syntax checking. This includes checking for empty assignments, duplicate variable names, and duplicate section headers. However, this check will be added in a later release as the parser is incorporated into future projects.