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f37e651b61 Library: add some mutual integration between DataFile and CSVData
...both are related to CSV, and it is conceivable
to create inline CSVData in a test case to populate a DataFile
2024-04-02 21:18:23 +02:00
03c2191649 Library: rearrange support for CSV notation
- `forElse` belongs to the metaprogramming utils

- have a CSVLine, which is a string with custom appending mechanism

- this in turn allows CSVData to accept arbitrary sized tuples,
  by rendering them into CSVLine
2024-04-01 22:33:55 +02:00
fc084c1ca5 Library: find a better organisation of entrance points to plotting
The intention is to create a library of convenient building blocks;
providing a visualisation should be as simple as invoking a free function
with CSV data, yet with the ability to tweak some lables or display
variations if desired.

This can be achieved by..
 * having a series of ready-made standard visualisations
 * expose a function call for each, accepting a data-context builder
 * provide secondary convenience shortcuts, which add some of the expected bindings
 * notably a shortcut is provided to take the data as CSV-string
 * augmented by a wrapper/builder to allow defining data points inline
2024-03-31 19:12:43 +02:00
a6084bd2d6 Library: implement generation of a simple data visualisation
CSV data -> Gnuplot script
2024-03-31 01:46:12 +01:00
db0838ddcc Library: draft invocation framework for generating a Gnuplot
Deliberately keep it unstructured and add dedicated functions
for each new emerging use case; hopefully some commen usage scheme
will emerge over time.

 * Data is to be handed in as an iterator over CSV-strings.
 * will have to find out about additional parametrisation on a case-by-case base
2024-03-31 01:45:23 +01:00
af1f549190 Library: Assessment and plan for a text templating engine
Conducted an extended investigation regarding text templating
and the library solutions available and still maintained today.

The conclusion is
 * there are some mature and widely used solutions available for C++
 * all of these are considered a mismatch for the task at hand,
   which is to generate Gnuplot scripts for test data visualisation

Points of contention
 * all solutions offer a massive feature set, oriented towards web content generation
 * all solutions provide their own structured data type or custom property-tree framework

**Decision** 🠲  better to write a minimalistic templating engine from scratch rather
2024-03-21 19:57:34 +01:00