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		nathell on Jan 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Yaml document from hell EDN’s my favourite config format. + Simple (like JSON) + Has comments + Extensible + Built-in sets, UUIDs & timestamps + Well-suited to configuration (cf. Aero) + Lispy (well, Clojurey) - Lispy (well, Clojurey) - Handwavey specs - Not widely supported

npteljes on Jan 12, 2023 [–]

Would you please link an example, a specification, or something? I think I found something on GitHub, but it was not straightforward.

nathell on Jan 12, 2023 | [–]

Sure!

Spec: https://github.com/edn-format/edn

Example (linter config): https://github.com/clj-kondo/clj-kondo/blob/634294183a0aa2ca...

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