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by Nadya 2916 days ago
My preference:

    # I guess you could put ["YAML"] if you need it as an array and not a string
    no.body.wants.to.write=YAML
Easy to type, is on a single line, only breaks once you're so many layers deep that you need to scroll horizontally - but let's be real - if that happens the config isn't the problem but why is your program so complex? is the problem.

Drawbacks of this are when the program is inconsistent. Was it `nobody.wants.to.write` or `no.body.wants.to.write`? Or alternatively, why is it `nobody.wants.to.read` but `no.body.wants.to.write`?

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> why is it `nobody.wants.to.read` but `no.body.wants.to.write`?

Made me think there's also a big difference in what nobody prefers reading vs. what nobody prefers writing.