• brettvitaz@programming.dev
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    6 months ago

    Every time I have reached for TOML I have ended up using JSON. The first reason is that Python standard library can read but not write TOML, which is generally useless for me. The second reason is TOML does not add any benefit over JSON. It’s not that much easier to read and IMO JSON is easier to write by hand because the syntax rules are completely obvious.

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      6 months ago

      TOML is mainly for humans to write, certainly not a good choice if you’re programmatically writing files - comments and formatting would be lost.

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        6 months ago

        It all depends on the library you use. Rust has you covered with toml_edit. It is what is used for all the cargo commands editing the Cargo.toml file.