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> It's not perfect though. ls had support, but it was removed for reasons In specific: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=328100 https://s

by msla 3y ago

> It's not perfect though. ls had support, but it was removed for reasons In specific: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=328100 https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=32810... > libxo imposes a large burden on system utilities. In the case of ls, that burden is difficult to justify -- any language that can interact with json output can use readdir(3) and stat(2). Which rather misses the point of being able to use JSON in shell scripts.

oh_sigh 3y ago
I'd love to know what the burden was too. I hear comments like that in code reviews and commonly when you push for specifics about the burden, there is very little