XLE‐6꞉ Quoted Strings

Purpose: JSON Compatibility; TOML Compatibility

Description: Keys and any string values can be surrounded in quotes (including values within arrays). Functionally, the first and last set of quotes around a key or value are ignored. Note that they are only ignored if they are the beginning and end of a key or value, not in the middle of one

Created On: May 15th, 2023

Status: Active

Examples:

Original

With Quotes

servers: {
  alpha:   [10.0.0.2, My Home Server]
  bravo:   [10.0.0.7, My Work Server]
  charlie: [10.0.0.9, My Friend's Server]
  aux: {
    os        :  Ubuntu
    //Note the double quotes added here
    version   :  22.04 "LTS"
    start time:  14:03:59:10
  }
}

"servers": {
  "alpha":   ["10.0.0.2", "My Home Server"]
  "bravo":   ["10.0.0.7", "My Work Server"]
  "charlie": ["10.0.0.9", "My Friend's Server"]
  "aux": {
    // You are not forced to always use quotes.
    // Although, this is not recommended for consistency reasons.
    "os"         : Ubuntu
    version      : "22.04 "LTS""
    "start time" : "14:03:59:10"
  }
}

Example Result (same for both):

get<string>("servers") => "
  alpha:  [10.0.0.2, My Home Server]
  bravo:  [10.0.0.7, My Work Server]
  charlie:[10.0.0.9, My Friend's Server]
  aux: {
    os        :  Ubuntu
    version   :  22.04 "LTS"
    start time:  14:03:59:10
  }
"

get<string>("servers.alpha") => "[10.0.0.2, My Home Server]"
get<string[]>("servers.alpha") => { "10.0.0.2", "My Home Server" }

get<string>("servers.aux.os") => "22.04 "LTS""

get<TimeSpan>("servers.aux.start time") => { 14 Days, 3 Hours, 59 Minutes, and 10 Seconds }