Draft PEP on RSON configuration file format

Tim Chase python.list at tim.thechases.com
Fri Mar 5 11:28:41 EST 2010


Steve Howell wrote:
> On Mar 4, 11:46 pm, Paul Rubin <no.em... at nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> We already have to deal with XML.  So using XML for config files doesn't
>> require anyone to deal with any lousy formats that they didn't have to
>> deal with before.  So the basic answer to your question about
>> well-established standards is yes: one annoying but standardized format
>> is better than multiple annoying unstandardized ones.
> 
> <question type="rhetorical">
> Does this mean we should stick with XML until the end of time?
> </question>

One word:  COBOL

:-)

-tkc





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