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This could be TOML. It very nearly is TOML. Is there a good argument for not making it TOML? You'd get parsers for basically every platform, for free.
by samatman 6y ago
This could be TOML. It very nearly is TOML.
Is there a good argument for not making it TOML? You'd get parsers for basically every platform, for free.
- eyelidlessness 6y agoWell, it’s not .txt for one?
- samatman 6y agoIt's not illegal to put TOML in a .txt file. It clearly has some INI-style format. Why not a well-specified one?
- neolog 6y agoI thought it's aimed at humans, not robots.
- samatman 6y agoHumans aren't going to trip up at some extra ''s. Since it has a structured data format, computers will parse it sooner or later. Why bother setting off comments with `#` at all if it's purely for human consumption? Why even have a standard, security.txt could just be "this is the place where you write whatever you want to about security, here are some suggestions as to what other people might find useful". I'm not hearing good arguments for not making it TOML...
- neolog 6y agoYou might not want robots to parse it. See the spam complaints in the rest of the thread.