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Re: [Q] Devices now showing up in FE.
02/28/18 10:49 AM
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Yes, -listfull shows devices, because as a developer when I'm looking at a cryptic error message, I need to be able to answer questions like, "What the fuck is a mpcb071?" in a hurry. If I can't, it slows everything else down. Yes, -listxml worked with device names already, but it spews a pile of markup that's not conducive to being parsed by a human, especially with limited time for working on MAME and numerous other time pressures.
On the other hand, the -listxml output is ideal for being parsed and transformed by other software, like a front-end or ROM manager. That's why we added it in the first place, and why we've tried to keep it relatively stable over the years. If you're not importing the -listxml output for your front-end, you have only yourself to blame when things break.
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