[kstrauser]

I'm with you on all that. I think YAML's fine, and I like it way more than TOML for non-trivial files.

I think Python's pyproject.toml is a great use of TOML. The format is simple with very little nesting. It's often hand-edited, and the simple syntax lends itself nicely to that. Cargo.toml's in that same category for me. However, that's about as complex of a file as I'd want to use TOML for. Darned if I'd want to configure Ansible with it.

[linsomniac]

Agreed, I do a lot of Ansible, and it took me a while up front, but I've become pretty accustomed to YAML. Though I still struggle with completely groking some of the syntax. But, I recently took a more serious look at TOML and felt like it'd be a bear for Ansible.

A few months ago I made a "mini ansible / cookie cutter" ( https://github.com/linsomniac/uplaybook ), and it uses YAML syntax. I made a few modifications to Ansible syntax, largely around conditionals and loops. For YAML, I guess I like the syntax, but I've been feeling like there's got to be a better way.

I kind of want a shell syntax, but with the ansible command semantics (declarative, --check / --diff, notify) and the templating and encryption of arguments / files.