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Re:Formatting code should be unnecessary by setr on Monday September 08, 2025 @07:37AM (#45167059)
The only correct syntax/format

    [
      , a
      , b
      , c
    ]
If only there existed a language designer intelligent enough to support it
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Re:Formatting code should be unnecessary by maccard on Monday September 08, 2025 @08:29AM (#45167466)
You want yaml

    key:
      - a
      - b
      - c
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Re:Formatting code should be unnecessary by crazygringo on Monday September 08, 2025 @09:58AM (#45168348)
Thank you for the humor!

I'm just suddenly slightly terrified someone's going to see this and think it's genuinely a good idea and make it part of the next popular scripting language, where lists are defined by starting commas or something :S

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Re:Formatting code should be unnecessary by MonkeyClub on Monday September 08, 2025 @02:39PM (#45172084)
Lisp:

  (
    a
    b
    c
  )
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