Standarize TOML?

[Barry Scott]

> On 15 May 2021, at 23:39, Jason C. McDonald <codemouse92 at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> During the Steering Committee presentation at PyCon, it was mentioned
> that no one has formally proposed TOML be added to the standard library
> (emphasis on formal). THe joke went forth that there would be a flood
> of proposals to that end.
> 
> So, just to kick this off while the thought is still fresh in a bunch of
> people's minds: **should we add a TOML parser to the standard library**?
> 
> The main reason this matters is to help encourage adoption of the now
> PEP-standardized pyproject.toml. A few projects have cited the lack of
> a standardized TOML implementation in the standard library as a reason
> not to adopt pyproject.toml...and the topic thus became weirdly
> political.
> 
> I understand that Brett Cannon intends to bring this up at the next
> language summit, but, ah, might as well put the community two-cents in
> now, hey?
> 
> I, for one, feel like this is obvious.

I think the python ideas list is a better place to have this discussion.

Barry


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