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JSON is a terrible configuration format since it doesn't support comments.
by cozzyd 2y ago
JSON is a terrible configuration format since it doesn't support comments.
- orf 2y agoOk. Do you want to now add anything relevant to the comment you’re replying to?
- cozzyd 2y agoAs a user, I always prefer the bespoke configuration file format, provided it has comments explaining what each configuration option does.
- petee 2y agoIts an entirely relevant response...they are saying what you call a poorly thought out adhoc format is still better than json in any form or dependency. Ironically your snark isnt relevant.
- orf 2y agoCould be instead YAML or TOML. The point wasn’t specifically and only a JSON dependency, it was a dependency in general to do something useful and standardised
- petee 2y ago> Would you rather it had a JSON dependency to parse a config file, or yet another poorly thought out, ad-hoc homegrown config file format Ok, but you didn't write that, and thus they responded as such. Snark was still unnecessary; they made a simple statement in reply.