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> Another option here is to switch to a file format that's already
> supported by lots of other languages, like XML or YAML.  Then the
> remaining work breaks down into:
> 
> * Deciding on a schema for the data
> 
> * converting pcb to read/write that schema
> 
> Scripts wouldn't *need* to use pcb's parser, they could use any old
> parser library, since the scripts already know what the parts of the
> schema they're interested in look like.  Read file, fiddle with the
> parts you know, write file leaving everything else intact.

Are there really an problems with the current file format that's hampering development?