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0 pointsrewmie2y ago0 comments

> It's not type safe.

I fail to see what leads you to believe this is a relevant point when discussing INI files as the alternative to YAML.

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Yaml coerces values (the string "on" is coerced to bool true for example), with ini you do any conversion from strings yourself

rewmieOP2y ago

> with ini you do any conversion from strings yourself

INI isn't specified, thus you cannot claim that the INI format does something a certain way.

The best shot at a specified INI file format might be TOML, and even that format is subjected to the same type of criticism.

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Yaml coerces values (the string "on" is coerced to bool true for example), with ini you do any conversion from strings yourself

rewmieOP2y ago

> with ini you do any conversion from strings yourself

INI isn't specified, thus you cannot claim that the INI format does something a certain way.

The best shot at a specified INI file format might be TOML, and even that format is subjected to the same type of criticism.

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