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by deafpolygon 996 days ago
This. I've said it in one of the other threads re: YAML. TOML is great for simple user editable configs. Once you get into data exchange territory, use XML. Just the ability to define a schema and 'test' your XML document conforms is powerful and can tell you if something's wrong long before you end up with catastrophic failures.