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by codedokode 555 days ago
Any format that:

- doesn't require to quote everything

- has lists/dictionaries

- uses indentation and new lines instead of commas and brackets

- doesn't have 1000 unnecessary features like YAML

Also, you don't need all types from JSON.

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> you don't need all types from JSON

JSON has a very minimal set of types and I regularly use all of them. I guess you could argue that integers and numbers could be combined, but I think that's it.