[Json] Fwd: Re: Human JSON (Hjson)

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Von: "Stefan Reich" <stefan.reich.maker.of.eye@googlemail.com>
Datum: 25.05.2016 18:27
Betreff: Re: [Json] Human JSON (Hjson)
An: "Christian Zangl" <coralllama@gmail.com>
Cc:

I did a similar thing called JSON+C (JSON with comments).

Stefan
Am 24.05.2016 23:36 schrieb "Christian Zangl" <coralllama@gmail.com>:

> JSON is used in a lot of places and has helped improve things like data
> exchange and data storage. It is also used in areas it's less suited for,
> like configuration files. People seem to prefer JSON for configuration over
> YAML and other config formats.
>
> I started Human JSON (Hjson) because I found the experience frustrating
> (for example missing/trailing comma problems, no comments). With Hjson you
> get a superset of JSON that allows you to
>
> - add #, // or /**/ comments,
> - omit quotes for keys,
> - omit quotes for strings (terminated by LF, no escapes),
> - omit braces for the root object,
> - omit the comma at the end of a line
> - add trailing commas and
> - use multiline strings with proper whitespace handling.
>
> These changes should make it easer to read and write configs while still
> preserving the power of JSON.
>
> Joe Hildebrand approached me with an idea to publish Hjson as a RFC. You
> can find the draft here: http://hjson.org/rfc.html There are also syntax
> diagrams and more at http://hjson.org/syntax.html
>
> Thoughts?
>
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