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@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ listed in the BUGS section of the man page had been fixed!) It would be nice to simplify file considerably. For example, reimplement the apprentice and non-pattern magic methods in Python, -and compile the magic patterns to a giant regex (or something similar) -so that only a small amount of C is needed (because fast execution is -typically only required for soft magic, not the more detailed -information given by hard-wired routines). In this regard, note that -hplip, which is BSD-licensed, has a magic reimplementation in Python. +and compile the magic patterns to a giant regex (or something similar; +maybe using Ragel (http://www.complang.org/ragel/)) so that only a +small amount of C is needed (because fast execution is typically only +required for soft magic, not the more detailed information given by +hard-wired routines). In this regard, note that hplip, which is +BSD-licensed, has a magic reimplementation in Python. + +Read the kerberos magic entry for more ideas. |