Re:TOML: Tom's Obvious Minimal Language
by musicale on Monday May 22, 2023 @02:19AM
(#36028071)
I kind of like the text property list format from NeXTSTEP, used in GNUstep and (formerly) in macOS.
Apple's XML plist format seems like a mistake, though maybe the newer JSON format is OK.
> JSON is basically perfect if it allowed trailing commas and comments
Apparently Apple actually supports JSON5, an extended JSON based on ES5 that allows trailing commas, comments, and (my favorite!) unquoted key names, among other convenient features.
Apple's XML plist format seems like a mistake, though maybe the newer JSON format is OK.
> JSON is basically perfect if it allowed trailing commas and comments
Apparently Apple actually supports JSON5, an extended JSON based on ES5 that allows trailing commas, comments, and (my favorite!) unquoted key names, among other convenient features.