I hate new DUB config format

[Chris via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 27 November 2015 at 15:49:48 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
> On Friday, 27 November 2015 at 15:35:32 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> That's why I said that (timely) communication is of utmost 
>> importance. Post factum decisions are bound to cause trouble.
>
> Yes, I agree. So then one should just stand by whatever the 
> maintainer has chosen, because he is more likely to have 
> considered what is needed in terms of current and future needs.

Basically yes. But if it concerns "offical D" things should be 
synchronized better.

> What do people need to write their puny config files? A webpage 
> with typical examples, commented and explained. Cut'n'paste.
>
> Besides that, javascript is a horrible format for hand editing. 
> In fact, any curly braced format is bad. Misplace one brace and 
> things break in hard to figure out ways.
>
> This is what is good about XML, the end markers are clear and 
> makes automatic resolution possible even in loose grammars. 
> I'll never really understand why people consistently fail to 
> understand why SGML is designed the way it is.