Lists in the style of TOML

[Gin-Quin]

For now, TOML lists are JSON-like :

myVegetables = [
  'potato',
  'onion',
  'tomato',
]

Wouldn't it be more TOML-ish to allow to define lists this way :

[myVegetables]
'potato'
'onion'
'tomato'

With this simple rule : if an element has no key, just a value (or just a key and no value, depending on the point of view), it's a list element and its parent is a list.

I'm actually the author of a TOML's Javascript parser, with which I allowed this syntax because it felt so comfortable (I had many URL lists in my configuration file).

[drunkwcodes]

Wat?

[ChristianSi]

Lists shouldn't use table syntax, that would be too confusing. I think a case could be made for making the comma between list items optional if they were separated by a newline instead. This would allow writing:

myVegetables = [
  'potato'
  'onion'
  'tomato'
]

[Gin-Quin]

Yes, I also think commas are unnecessary.

[drunkwcodes]

@pradyunsg Please mark the second reply as off-topic too. (#613 (comment))

And commas in the list are necessary IMHO.

[pradyunsg]

Nice catch @drunkwcodes!

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I don't think the syntax proposed by OP is good since it's easy to confuse it with tables. The newlines as delimiters discussion is an interesting one but it's a post 1.0 discussion, since it's scope can be bigger than just lists (see #551).

Since I'm trying to keep focus on getting 1.0 ready soon (#617), I'm going to go ahead and close this issue. Thanks @wycats for filing this issue and everyone who contributed to this discussion!