Re: [Json] Human JSON (Hjson)

[Carsten Bormann <[e-mail]>]

Carsten Bormann wrote:
(Things that I don't like to write.)

And back to something productive:

I think there is consensus that something would need to be added to JSON
to make it more amenable to configurations and other data entered and
edited by humans.  We all have different experience with the various,
well-tried approaches here (e.g., some found YAML too complex, some have
good experience with it; various other extensions to and variations of
JSON are embodied in various open source projects, and there are even
other approaches like TOML where it would be nice to understand the
reasons for their existence).  Based on these different experience
backgrounds we also have different opinions.

But that doesn't mean we can't converge on something.  The nature of a a
JSON working group is that it would tend to converge on "fixing" JSON.
Since this natural tendency (hammer/nail) always needs a bit of a
counteraction, I've been stressing that there are other approaches, such
as formalizing existing standards in this space.

Grüße, Carsten