Sven, I looked at your sample document in the pdf:
TestDomainObject { #created : DateAndTime [ '2012-02-14T16:40:15+01:00' ], #modified : DateAndTime [ '2012-02-14T16:40:18+01:00' ], #integer : 39581, #float : 73.84789359463944, #description : 'This is a test', #color : #green, #tags : [ #two, #beta, #medium ], #bytes : ByteArray [ 'afabfdf61d030f43eb67960c0ae9f39f' ], #boolean : false } And this is very readable (to me)... not as many '[]' as I inferred from reading the tests:). I take back my YAML comparison ... this has the nice flavor of Smalltalk ... Dale ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Sven Van Caekenberghe" <s...@beta9.be> | To: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr | Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 10:06:22 AM | Subject: [Pharo-project] STON (was Re: SimpleLiteralArray Spec) | | Norbert, Dale, et al, | | | On 24 Apr 2012, at 18:43, Norbert Hartl wrote: | | > What is STON and STON-object syntax? | | Arhh, it is not yet finished, I did it for myself, not for trying to | convince the world, since that it too hard anyway. | | This is the work-in-progress paper: | | | | | The code lives here: http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/STON | | It is a slight variation of JSON, adding some Smalltalk concepts, as | well as a solution to the class problem. | | But again, I am not trying to convince anyone to use this, I did it | as a proof of concept for myself, and I kind of like it. | | On the other hand, JSON is so ubiquitous that I wonder a bit, why | bother ? | | Sven | | | -- | Sven Van Caekenberghe | http://stfx.eu | Smalltalk is the Red Pill | | | | |