Cincoconfig File Format

[ameily]

Create a feature rich cincoconfig file format. The format parser and serializer must support:

• Reading and preserving comments.
• Adding comments when writing to disk.
• Simple to write and human readable
• Format is simple and secure
• Distinguishable from YAML, JSON, etc.

My initial thought is something like an INI format:

[db]
host = 192.168.1.2
port = 10

# Sub sections are [X.Y]
[db.ssl]
enabled = true
client-cert = /path/to/cert

# List of objects (schemas) is multiple [X.Y] sections, where X.Y is the list field key
[db.users]
name = Adam
# list of simple types (int, str, float) can be comma separated or newline seperated
groups = users, sudo, thing, item\, with a comma

[db.users]
name = Sean

[banner]
message = <
  Very long message that can
  span multiple lines. "\n" chars
  are translated as single spaces.

  But, two "\n" chars are a new
  paragraph. This is similar rules
  to Markdown.

[laplante-sean]

I like this a lot! One thing we need to make sure we support though is multi-line lists. Which it seems like we would out of the box if I understand correctly. What I mean is this:

# this is fine
simple_list = is, short, so, it's, fine

# this sucks
long_list = is, long, and, hard, to, read, and, makes, you, scroll, and ruins, your, day

# support this
long_list_two = a, long, list,\
    that, doesn't, suck, as, much,\
    Because, it's, on, a, few, lines

another_config=10