I hate new DUB config format

Daniel Kozák via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Thu Nov 26 16:38:49 PST 2015


V Thu, 26 Nov 2015 22:27:06 +0000
CraigDillabaugh via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> napsáno:

> On Thursday, 26 November 2015 at 20:56:04 UTC, Bruno Medeiros 
> wrote:
> > On 26/11/2015 12:53, Daniel Kozak via Digitalmars-d wrote:  
> >> V Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:43:52 +0000
> >> Chris via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> napsáno:
> >>  
> >>> On Thursday, 26 November 2015 at 12:29:55 UTC, Jacob Carlborg
> >>> wrote:  
> >>>> [...]  
> >>>
> >>> TOML looks nice, _but_ it's version 0.4.0. We cannot afford to
> >>> maintain a parser for a format that hasn't "settled down" yet.  
> >>
> >> Ok, but we can afford to mantain a parser for a dead format?
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Simple_Declarative_Language
> >>  
> >
> > BAM!! *Daniel drops mike, walks way*
> >
> >
> > (well said)  
> 
> Isn't it easier to maintain a parser for a dead format than a 
> living one? You know it won't change ... after all, its dead!

You can still maintain  selected version (0.4 in toml for example).

Maintaining parser for dead language where is not easy to find out specs
is definitely not easier :).



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