Message 364979 - Python tracker

Message364979

Author	mgorny
Recipients	brett.cannon, dstufft, mgorny, njs
Date	2020-03-25.06:54:21
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PEP 518 uses the TOML format to specify build system requirements. AFAIU this means that all new build systems will require a TOML parser. Could you consider adding one to the standard library to reduce the number of chicken-egg problems? The referenced PEP states that 'pytoml TOML parser is ~300 lines of pure Python code', so I don't think integrating it would be a large maintenance cost. [1] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0518/

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PEP 518 uses the TOML format to specify build system requirements.  AFAIU this means that all new build systems will require a TOML parser.  Could you consider adding one to the standard library to reduce the number of chicken-egg problems?

The referenced PEP states that 'pytoml TOML parser is ~300 lines of pure Python code', so I don't think integrating it would be a large maintenance cost.

[1] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0518/

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