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  • From: Marc Chantreux <address@concealed>
  • To: Guillaume Rousse <address@concealed>
  • Cc: address@concealed
  • Subject: Re: [sympa-developpers] Plans for Sympa
  • Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:39:36 +0100

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 06:25:37PM +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> I do like YAML too, and I would also support such move.
> However, beware than for most average sysadmin, a file format where
> tabulations and spaces have different semantics is a fatal trap...

another solution is to use S-expressions: we could maintain a recursive
parser and return AST. Yet: the syntax is human readable and well known.

I see 2 pbs in JSON:

* lot of useless quotes
* no struct references

but still: it would be more better than every xml-alike syntax.

regards

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