Like A Duck@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoWhat is the best file format for configuration file?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the best file format for configuration file?Like A Duck@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoRemoved by mod
minus-squareabhibeckert@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoUh no, the worst is a tie between XML and JSON. XML because the syntax is hard to read and even harder to write, and JSON because you can’t do comments. WTF.
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minus-squareschaeferpp@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·2 years agoSomebody has to say it, so I’m taking on the duty: If whitespace is a problem, you use the wrong editor.
minus-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoyou can write json with comments and pass it through a yaml parser. try it.
minus-squarejmanjones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoI instant exit on XML conf files. I have no idea how to parse the info, maybe I should. But there are too many tags and my eyes instantly glaze over when I see it!
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Uh no, the worst is a tie between XML and JSON.
XML because the syntax is hard to read and even harder to write, and JSON because you can’t do comments. WTF.
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Somebody has to say it, so I’m taking on the duty:
If whitespace is a problem, you use the wrong editor.
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you can write json with comments and pass it through a yaml parser. try it.
I instant exit on XML conf files. I have no idea how to parse the info, maybe I should. But there are too many tags and my eyes instantly glaze over when I see it!