Convention over Configuration
Conventions based on reasonable evolved defaults is the way.
Follow the principle of Less Astonishment.
Established conventions
"The cat sat on the mat"
a string1, 2
a sequence of elements (separated by comma) of an array or a list[ ]
- a linear ordered sequence{ }
- the notion of grouping, a basic block, a deep (non-linear) structure.*
for zero-or-more values (a multiplicator)_
as a placeholder (discarded/unused value)/a/b
for a accessing elements of a hierarchical tree-like structure (path)p.x
for referencing of a property/element of a compound value (structure)a[1]
selecting an element of a sequence by indexd["key"]
selecting a value for a given keykey: val
the notion of association (a mapping)
See also BigIdeas/Declarative, JSON
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