100% agree re: TOML. Just ... why? Is there really something so compelling about it that makes it worthwhile being different to everything else?
The fact that the PEP was proposed with this, discussed, accepted, implemented and deployed with this is indicative of the failures of process that lead to many of Python's problems. Python3, async, threads, GUI toolkits, the whole mess of tooling ...
Languages and their ecosystems need someone to say "no". To maintain a pragmatic path forward for users of the language, not developers of the language. Python hasn't got this. With all respect to Guido, and now the core group, they let this slide way too often.
The fact that the PEP was proposed with this, discussed, accepted, implemented and deployed with this is indicative of the failures of process that lead to many of Python's problems. Python3, async, threads, GUI toolkits, the whole mess of tooling ...
Languages and their ecosystems need someone to say "no". To maintain a pragmatic path forward for users of the language, not developers of the language. Python hasn't got this. With all respect to Guido, and now the core group, they let this slide way too often.