Is it possible to have the source code for a strategy in a .cs file instead of the xml format and have it compiled by the WL C# compiler rather than using a separate C# compiler like Visual Studio? Having this capability would facilitate being able to edit our strategy source code with another editor like emacs. If this capability does not exist, would it be difficult to add?
Thanks,
Dave
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No, this capability is not planned.
As Dion Kurczek explains
here, the XML format is chosen to add many data fields associated with the Strategy, like author's credentials, HTML description, selected position sizing settings and even more.
XML is industry standard format, so it's not a problem to view and edit them in third party tools.
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