Ron - Data notation

Ron, aka Rusty Object Notation, is a data notation created in 2015 by Juniper Tyree.

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Download source code:

git clone https://github.com/ron-rs/ron

RON is a simple readable data serialization format that looks similar to Rust syntax. It's designed to support all of Serde's data model, so structs, enums, tuples, arrays, generic maps, and primitive values.

Tags: dataNotation
Ron is developed on GitHub and has 3,238 stars
Early development of Ron happened in https://github.com/ron-rs
Ron is written in Rust, Markdown, YAML, TOML

Example from the web:

GameConfig( // optional struct name
    window_size: (800, 600),
    window_title: "PAC-MAN",
    fullscreen: false,
    
    mouse_sensitivity: 1.4,
    key_bindings: {
        "up": Up,
        "down": Down,
        "left": Left,
        "right": Right,
        
        // Uncomment to enable WASD controls
        /*
        "W": Up,
        "A": Down,
        "S": Left,
        "D": Right,
        */
    },
    
    difficulty_options: (
        start_difficulty: Easy,
        adaptive: false,
    ),
)

Language features

Feature	Supported	Example	Token
MultiLine Comments	✓	/* A comment */	/* */
Comments	✓	// A comment
Line Comments	✓	// A comment	//
Semantic Indentation	X