SAN

Hi author here. We've created a new file format designed specifically for configuration: SAN (pronounce /seɪn/ like sane). You can find a Go parser here:…

This looks great. I love the strictness and improvements over JSON and also the goal of preserving comments. The absence of specified a date type feels like a back compared to…

This is indeed very sane. One thing I personally would change is making a trailing comma in multiline lists obligatory, like in Go. I hope this gains traction, so that I could…

This looks great. I love the strictness and improvements over JSON and also the goal of preserving comments. The absence of specified a date type feels like a back compared to…

> SAN (pronounce /seɪn/, like sane) No, absolutely not.

1. SAN is an already used an abbreviation for something that has been in the tech world for a while, and well, would be hard to search for. 2. No multi-line support? What about…

This feels a lot like HashiCorp configuration language[0]. But more standards[1] are always welcome ;) [0] https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl [1] https://xkcd.com/927/

This looks a lot like HCL (https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl).

This feels a lot like HashiCorp configuration language[0]. But more standards[1] are always welcome ;) [0] https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl [1] https://xkcd.com/927/

Thanks for including a comparison page[0]! I'm not sure I buy that it's a large improvement over TOML -- In practice I haven't found the homogeneous list requirement to be an…

Human friendly with curly braces? I don't buy it. I would never unleash a curly braces syntax on a non-developer. And if it's a format for developers then there are already…

I think semantic identation is very intuitive to non-developers. It's used in print everywhere. I think there's a touch of Stockholm syndrome in your belief otherwise. You have…

Interesting, but the first thing I checked was if it allows list elements to have different types. And it doesn't. That was one issue I had with TOML, because the allowed data…

The other way SAN isn't json compatible is lack of null. As for heterogenous list types, great reason to have them is when your list is logically the same type but physically…

More sane than TOML, and far more sane than YAML. Tabs would be more sane for indentation: one tab, one indentation level. Also, it would match gofmt, if that matters to you.

Here's the github issue for that. Looks like they are starting to come around to the idea: https://github.com/astrocorp42/san/issues/3

This looks great. I love the strictness and improvements over JSON and also the goal of preserving comments. The absence of specified a date type feels like a back compared to…

This is indeed very sane. One thing I personally would change is making a trailing comma in multiline lists obligatory, like in Go. I hope this gains traction, so that I could…

> One thing I personally would change is making a trailing comma in multiline lists obligatory Can I ask you why?

The other way SAN isn't json compatible is lack of null. As for heterogenous list types, great reason to have them is when your list is logically the same type but physically…

I used lists to build my own include concept in yaml like so: ``` includes: - relative-include-file.yml - url: git://stuff.git file: git-included-file.yml ``` Not possible here.…

Why another serialization format? What are the advantages over TOML/YAML?

What are the benefits over JSON5?

Thanks for including a comparison page[0]! I'm not sure I buy that it's a large improvement over TOML -- In practice I haven't found the homogeneous list requirement to be an…

Could you elaborate on the differences to HCL? It looks almost the same on first glance. Maybe minus functions and and nested blocks in HCL.

This looks a lot like HCL (https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl).

This feels a lot like HashiCorp configuration language[0]. But more standards[1] are always welcome ;) [0] https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl [1] https://xkcd.com/927/

What are the benefits over JSON5?

1. SAN is an already used an abbreviation for something that has been in the tech world for a while, and well, would be hard to search for. 2. No multi-line support? What about…

Thanks for including a comparison page[0]! I'm not sure I buy that it's a large improvement over TOML -- In practice I haven't found the homogeneous list requirement to be an…

Interesting, but the first thing I checked was if it allows list elements to have different types. And it doesn't. That was one issue I had with TOML, because the allowed data…

If you are looking for a YAML alternative, https://sdlang.org is also worth considering. It's a bit richer.