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It's probably because pyproject.toml is the direction in which the python ecosystem is going. On that note, I will never understand why they chose .toml instea
by lijok 3y ago
It's probably because pyproject.toml is the direction in which the python ecosystem is going.
On that note, I will never understand why they chose .toml instead of just json or yaml..
- Denvercoder9 3y ago> On that note, I will never understand why they chose .toml instead of just json or yaml.. https://peps.python.org/pep-0518/#other-file-formats https://peps.python.org/pep-0518/#other-file-formats
- SushiHippie 3y agoThanks this also gave another reason why they didn't use a dict for configuration https://peps.python.org/pep-0518/#python-literals https://peps.python.org/pep-0518/#python-literals
- lijok 3y agoI think "easy for humans to edit" is where I mostly disagree with. To this day I have not worked with anyone that understood the .toml format.
- heinrich5991 3y agoHey. I think I understand the .toml format. What do you want to know?
- paulddraper 3y agoHow much time have you spent towards TOML vs -- say -- YAML? More editable than JSON and far simpler than YAML. --- The Rust ecosystem also uses TOML.
- ElectricalUnion 3y agoYAML is only fun when you're not tripping in the numerous landmines in the way: https://noyaml.com/ https://noyaml.com/
- SushiHippie 3y agoYes, but you can write a pyproject toml file also as a python dictionary. Instead of: [project] requires-python = ">=3.11" dependencies = [ "requests<3", "rich", ] You could write: { "project": { "requires-python":">=3.11", "dependencies" : [ "requests<3", "rich" ] }
- lijok 3y agoNo way ! Gotta think carefully about this... Might upset some coworkers
- aldanor 3y agoYAML is one of the most ambiguous formats out there, and definitely an overkill for what's needed to describe metadata. JSON - not the most convenient to use for human beings, too much quoting, not too git friendly because of disallowed trailing commas, etc. TOML sits somewhere inbetween, easy to write but the spec is very short; also being used in Rust and a few other places.