Like A Duck@programming.dev to Technology · 1 year agoWhat is the best file format for configuration file?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareThe Doctor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoNot XML. Not binary-only (looking at you, Solaris). Personally, I like .ini-style config files, but I’m weird that way.
minus-squareThe Doctor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI don’t know. Never really thought about TOML.
minus-squareGissaMittJobblinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoCheck out the spec sometime. It’s basically ini with some stuff added on top. It’s quite nice when you need something that parses into some kind of map, while being human readable.
Not XML. Not binary-only (looking at you, Solaris).
Personally, I like .ini-style config files, but I’m weird that way.
Toml is kind of ini++, though, isn’t it.
I don’t know. Never really thought about TOML.
Check out the spec sometime. It’s basically ini with some stuff added on top.
It’s quite nice when you need something that parses into some kind of map, while being human readable.