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Since when is in-band signalling a good idea? What if one of your configuration keys is named "comment"?

• DonHopkins 10y ago
  And what do you name your second comment?
• mSparks 10y ago
  {"notes to self":["Don't edit config files by hand","use a decent hierarchy"]} //Http://jsoneditoronline.org
  • DonHopkins 10y ago
    You could even write comments as a linear RSS feed of nested OPML outlines, by converting all that XML to JSON. http://convertjson.com/xml-to-json.htm http://convertjson.com/xml-to-json.htm
    • mSparks 10y ago
      Yep, I went through the process of replacing all our XML objects into json ones about 6 years ago now. Smaller files and much easier to read, manipulate store and transfer. And while I personally quite liked XSLT, javascript is a much more flexible and reliable option.