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[WIP] [toml/en] Add TOML support (#2282)
* Init support for TOML * Add scalar types section * Move comment to key value * Improve introduction * Move int comment to int key value * Add array support * Add version warning * Add support for table * Add inline table part * Add support array of table part * Fix bugs/typos to follow the review * Improve sub tables example * Fix wrong quotes on multiLineLiteralString * Fix letter case for coherence * Remove old comment * Move from variety to color Thanks @robochat
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language: toml
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filename: learntoml.toml
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contributors:
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- ["Alois de Gouvello", "https://github.com/aloisdg"]
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---
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TOML stands for Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language. It is a data serialisation language designed to be a minimal configuration file format that's easy to read due to obvious semantics.
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It is an alternative to YAML and JSON. It aims to be more human friendly than JSON and simpler that YAML. TOML is designed to map unambiguously to a hash table. TOML should be easy to parse into data structures in a wide variety of languages.
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Be warned, TOML's spec is still changing a lot. Until it's marked as 1.0, you
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should assume that it is unstable and act accordingly. This document follows TOML v0.4.0.
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```toml
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# Comments in TOML look like this.
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################
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# SCALAR TYPES #
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################
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# Our root object (which continues for the entire document) will be a map,
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# which is equivalent to a dictionary, hash or object in other languages.
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# The key, equals sign, and value must be on the same line
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# (though some values can be broken over multiple lines).
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key = "value"
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string = "hello"
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number = 42
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float = 3.14
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boolean = true
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dateTime = 1979-05-27T07:32:00-08:00
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scientificNotation = 1e+12
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"key can be quoted" = true # Both " and ' are fine
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"key may contains" = "letters, numbers, underscores, and dashes"
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# A bare key must be non-empty, but an empty quoted key is allowed
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"" = "blank" # VALID but discouraged
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'' = 'blank' # VALID but discouraged
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##########
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# String #
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##########
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# All strings must contain only valid UTF-8 characters.
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# We can escape characters and some of them have a compact escape sequence.
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# For example, \t add a tabulation. Refers to the spec to get all of them.
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basicString = "are surrounded by quotation marks. \"I'm quotable\". Name\tJos"
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multiLineString = """
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are surrounded by three quotation marks
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on each side and allow newlines."""
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literalString = 'are surrounded by single quotes. Escaping are not allowed.'
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multiLineLiteralString = '''
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are surrounded by three single quotes on each side
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and allow newlines. Still no escaping.
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The first newline is trimmed in raw strings.
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All other whitespace
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is preserved. #! are preserved?
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'''
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# For binary data it is recommended that you use Base64, another ASCII or UTF8
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# encoding. The handling of that encoding will be application specific.
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###########
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# Integer #
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###########
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## Integers can start with a +, a - or nothing.
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## Leading zeros are not allowed. Hex, octal, and binary forms are not allowed.
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## Values that cannot be expressed as a series of digits are not allowed.
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int1 = +42
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int2 = 0
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int3 = -21
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integerRange = 64
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## You can use underscores to enhance readability. Each
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## underscore must be surrounded by at least one digit.
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int4 = 5_349_221
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int5 = 1_2_3_4_5 # VALID but discouraged
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#########
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# Float #
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#########
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# Floats are an integer followed by a fractional and/or an exponent part.
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flt1 = 3.1415
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flt2 = -5e6
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flt3 = 6.626E-34
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###########
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# Boolean #
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###########
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bool1 = true
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bool2 = false
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boolMustBeLowercase = true
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############
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# Datetime #
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############
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date1 = 1979-05-27T07:32:00Z # follows the RFC 3339 spec
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date2 = 1979-05-27T07:32:00 # without offset
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date3 = 1979-05-27 # without offset nor time
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####################
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# COLLECTION TYPES #
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####################
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#########
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# Array #
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#########
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array1 = [ 1, 2, 3 ]
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array2 = [ "Commas", "are", "delimiters" ]
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array3 = [ "Don't mixed", "different", "types" ]
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array4 = [ [ 1.2, 2.4 ], ["all", 'strings', """are the same""", '''type'''] ]
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array5 = [
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"Whitespace", "is", "ignored"
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]
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#########
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# Table #
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#########
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# Tables (or hash tables or dictionaries) are collections of key/value
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# pairs. They appear in square brackets on a line by themselves.
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# Empty tables are allowed and simply have no key/value pairs within them.
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[table]
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# Under that, and until the next table or EOF are the key/values of that table.
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# Key/value pairs within tables are not guaranteed to be in any specific order.
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[table-1]
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key1 = "some string"
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key2 = 123
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[table-2]
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key1 = "another string"
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key2 = 456
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# Dots are prohibited in bare keys because dots are used to signify nested tables.
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# Naming rules for each dot separated part are the same as for keys.
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[dog."tater.man"]
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type = "pug"
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# In JSON land, that would give you the following structure:
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# { "dog": { "tater.man": { "type": "pug" } } }
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# Whitespace around dot-separated parts is ignored, however, best practice is to
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# not use any extraneous whitespace.
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[a.b.c] # this is best practice
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[ d.e.f ] # same as [d.e.f]
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[ j . "ʞ" . 'l' ] # same as [j."ʞ".'l']
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# You don't need to specify all the super-tables if you don't want to. TOML knows
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# how to do it for you.
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# [x] you
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# [x.y] don't
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# [x.y.z] need these
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[x.y.z.w] # for this to work
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# As long as a super-table hasn't been directly defined and hasn't defined a
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# specific key, you may still write to it.
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[a.b]
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c = 1
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[a]
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d = 2
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# You cannot define any key or table more than once. Doing so is invalid.
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# DO NOT DO THIS
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[a]
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b = 1
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[a]
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c = 2
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# DO NOT DO THIS EITHER
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[a]
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b = 1
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[a.b]
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c = 2
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# All table names must be non-empty.
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[] # INVALID
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[a.] # INVALID
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[a..b] # INVALID
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[.b] # INVALID
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[.] # INVALID
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################
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# Inline table #
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################
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inlineTables = { areEnclosedWith = "{ and }", mustBeInline = true }
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point = { x = 1, y = 2 }
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###################
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# Array of Tables #
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###################
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# An array of tables can be expressed by using a table name in double brackets.
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# Each table with the same double bracketed name will be an item in the array.
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# The tables are inserted in the order encountered.
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[[products]]
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name = "array of table"
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sku = 738594937
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emptyTableAreAllowed = true
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[[products]]
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[[products]]
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name = "Nail"
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sku = 284758393
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color = "gray"
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# You can create nested arrays of tables as well. Each double-bracketed
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# sub-table will belong to the nearest table element above it.
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[[fruit]]
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name = "apple"
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[fruit.Geometry]
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shape = "round"
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note = "I am an fruit's property"
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[[fruit.color]]
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name = "red"
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note = "I am an array's item in apple"
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[[fruit.color]]
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name = "green"
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note = "I am in the same array than red"
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[[fruit]]
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name = "banana"
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[[fruit.color]]
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name = "yellow"
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note = "I am an array's item too but banana's one"
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```
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In JSON land, this code will be:
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```json
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{
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"fruit": [
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{
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"name": "apple",
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"geometry": { "shape": "round", "note": "..."},
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"color": [
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{ "name": "red", "note": "..." },
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{ "name": "green", "note": "..." }
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]
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},
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{
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"name": "banana",
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"color": [
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{ "name": "yellow", "note": "..." }
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]
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}
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]
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}
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```
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### More Resources
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+ [TOML official repository](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml)
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