Re: [Distutils] comparison of configuration languages

[Ethan Furman]

On 05/06/2016 07:59 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote:

Here's that one-stop writeup/comparison of all the major configuration
languages that I mentioned:
https://gist.github.com/njsmith/78f68204c5d969f8c8bc645ef77d4a8f

Very nice work-up, thanks!

<shameless-plug>
However, you didn't include XML -- which, while absolutely horrid, can 
be quite readable with the appropriate preprocessor, such as xaml [1] 
</shameless plug>:

--- 8< whatever.xaml ---------------------------------------------------
!!! xml1.0
~base

    ~schema
        // optional
        ~version: 1

    ~bootstrap
        ~requirements
            // Temporarily commented out 2016-01-10
            // magic-build-helper
            ~setuptools
                ~version: >= 27
            // for the new frobnicate feature
            ~numpy
                ~version: >= 1.10
            //Pinned until we get a fix for
            // @https://github.com/cyberdyne/the-versionator/issues/123
            ~the-versionator
                ~version: 0.13

// The owner of pypi name "flit" decides what goes under the
// extension: flit:
// key
~extensions
    ~flit
        ~whatever: true
--- 8< -----------------------------------------------------------------

which ends up as:

--- 8< whatever.xml ----------------------------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<base>

    <schema>
        <!--
         |  optional
        -->
        <version>1</version>
    </schema>

    <bootstrap>
        <requirements>
            <!--
             |  Temporarily commented out 2016-01-10
             |  magic-build-helper
            -->
            <setuptools>
                <version>&gt;= 27</version>
            </setuptools>
            <!--
             |  for the new frobnicate feature
            -->
            <numpy>
                <version>&gt;= 1.10</version>
            </numpy>
            <!--
             |  Pinned until we get a fix for
             |  @https://github.com/cyberdyne/the-versionator/issues/123
            -->
            <the-versionator>
                <version>0.13</version>
            </the-versionator>
        </requirements>
    </bootstrap>

</base>

<!--
 |  The owner of pypi name "flit" decides what goes under the
 |  extension: flit:
 |  key
-->
<extensions>
    <flit>
        <whatever>true</whatever>
    </flit>
</extensions>
--- 8< -----------------------------------------------------------------

--
~Ethan~

[1] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xaml
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