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I usually prefer a binary encoding. More efficient on the wire, easier to parse and generate, and with no ambiguity. We have 2 control codes given to us by the

I usually prefer a binary encoding. More efficient on the wire, easier to parse and generate, and with no ambiguity. We have 2 control codes given to us by the teletype era that have the perfect meaning for this kind of data: 0x1E Record Separator 0x1F Unit Separator

nmz 4y ago
and because its a single byte, its fast, no need to tokenize. You also have 2 more the group separator and the file separator. so you could represent a tree with it.