New versions of lazarus use JSON instead XML
lazarus / 6-IDE-CodeTools

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edgarrod71 · 2016-02-20 03:08

I've been learning about JSON, and it would be a great idea to change
the forms files into this format instead xml, and svg graphic support.

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skalogryz · 2016-02-20 03:43

JSON! yay! ... wait. what's the benefit?

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edgarrod71 · 2016-02-20 05:41

It's more readable, it's more lightweight, and maybe it can improve
lazarus in compiling...

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Leledumbo · 2016-02-20 07:01

Quote from: edgarrod71 on February 20, 2016, 04:08:23 amI've been
learning about JSON, and it would be a great idea to change the forms
files into this format instead xml, and svg graphic support.
Form files are in .lfm format, a variant of object type definition in
Pascal. XMLs are only used for configuration files. There's no clear
benefit for Lazarus if they're replaced with JSONs. It doesn't affect
anything in the IDE (do you think the IDE's less-than-1-second load
time is slow?), nor user projects, let alone the compiler.

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Thaddy · 2016-02-20 08:18

Quote from: skalogryz on February 20, 2016, 04:43:53 amJSON! yay! ...
wait. what's the benefit?

There is a small benefit in that serializing/deserializing components
becomes a little more standard.
I have been using custom code for years to populate Delphi or FPC
components over a network based on dfm/lfm format whereas I use json
for other objects, even in between different languages (deserialize to
ecmascript or C++ objects).
So, yes, I can see a point in using json. But it is not that
important.

As for SVG support: I'd rather see html canvas support. (I am working
on that off and on, btw, nothing publishable yet)