[Semi-OT] Sdlang Initiative

[James Blachly]

On 9/6/21 2:01 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> But I actually am using sdlang-d for configuration files on my web 
> server. However, I do not like the interface for it very much. SDLang 
> itself is OK, but I find actually that I don't love the format. Like 
> yaml, I have to research how the file format works every time I want to 
> use it (maybe just because I very rarely have need to edit sdl files). 
> For that reason I prefer json, but I hate that json doesn't allow 
> comments and is full of quote spam (for config files).
> 
> I am planning at some point to replace the config system with a 
> [json5](https://json5.org/) implementation (based on jsoniopipe), 
> otherwise this would definitely interest me!

I have finally come around to TOML as the best alternative for 
human-centered configuration. It seems to be really popular in Rust 
ecosystem.

I see 3 D libraries; haven't tested them but will with my next D 
project: https://code.dlang.org/search?q=toml