dub: JSON, SDL, YAML, TOML, what color should we paint it ?

[Mathias LANG]

On Wednesday, 1 March 2023 at 07:41:02 UTC, tastyminerals wrote:
>
> It is safer to just go with whatever is used and accepted as a 
> reliable format for configs. I like the idea to use plain D tbo.
>
> JSON lacks comments, but it's fine for minimal default 
> projects. We try to use TOML everywhere in a company, although 
> I cannot say how well it works as a config for building 
> projects. YAML is the most risky, since it has a high chance to 
> alienate a sizeable amount of potential users.

Why would YAML be the most risky choice ? For me it's quite the 
opposite: It's a well known and accepted format, AND the 
implementation is already there. So I clearly don't see how it 
would alienate users, except if those users are also alienated by 
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