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Dick Hollenbeck (dickelbeck) wrote : Re: [Bug 1089185] [NEW] Please add support for OpenJSON format

I am working extensively with Node.js right now and love it.

I also like javascript now too, more than python.

Node.js is *fantastic* for TCP and UDP messaging projects.

However when I looked at JSON as a datafile, I was disappointed that it did not allow
comments.
This may be different than OpenJSON, didn't go that far. Just JSON.

This makes JSON less than optimal for a data file in my opinion.

We looked at all these formats well before deciding on sexpr format.

Just today we switched the BOARD format to sexpr format.

If you like javascript, you can probably find an s-expression parser for it, or for
python, and save any sexpr format that you find within KiCad to JSON format.

I would not expect help on this beyond this one posting, from any developer, and certainly
not from me.

Anyone can be persuaded with a sufficiently large P.O. however.

Good luck,

Dick