[Ur] How to design JSON interface?

[Adam Chlipala]

Marc Weber wrote:
> Today its hard to make a project successful unless you create interfaces
> for others to join or use a service. JSON is a very easy format which is
> implemented in all languages I know. If you ever have tried creating
> xmlrpc stuff you know that generating JSON can be simpler. So I want to
> use it for two reasons:
> - interface with external applications (because I don't know urweb
>    enough to recode everything in it)
> - provide interfaces for other users. Letting users do what they want
>    can be a way to be successful.
>    

I'm thinking that the most pragmatic way forward is to build a 
parsing/pretty-printing tool that takes as input a description of a 
protocol and then outputs (as text) the Ur/Web code for participating in 
it.  Alternatively, you could even output C/JavaScript code for 
efficiency.  How does that sound?  It requires no knowledge of any 
existing compiler's implementation.

>> I mask out the tests when building distributions for a reason: a lot of
>> them don't compile anymore. :-)
>>      
> I learned something from them. Its worth keeping them up to date. There
> is not much ur code at the momemnt. If you understand all test
> cases you know that you learned something about a language.
>    

I feel that time spent on that would be even better spent writing a 
tutorial, which I'm still putting off.  So, if I feel like doing this 
kind of thing, it will be in the latter form.