What config files is there for Go?

[stuck hamlet]

I was thinking of JSON but then that doesn't have types idk this is the best option

[robust iris]

json has types.
At least string, float and integer.
And if you build a conversion function, you can even save other datatypes and customs.
Which then on load you can create objects from.

Did that with python and with a sqlite db for my objects meeded as local save.

[pallid garden]

YAML, TOML, Pkl

[regal hazel]

What serious configuration format has types? If you need types you define them as models in your code

Probably as a struct in Go

[frail jasper]

yeah, just validate when you load the config

[regal hazel]

Oh is xml typed?

[pallid garden]

You can "type" it like you can type JSON

(e.g. all values are custom objects that have a type field and a value field)

[regal hazel]

Well XML has a schema format XSD that allows you to more or less assign types to elements and attributes

[pallid garden]

custom objects 🤢

[proper skiff]

If it’s meant to be updated my humans I prefer yaml but json would work too. You’d unmarshal either into a struct and itll return an error if the type is wrong

JSON is in the standard library though so you might prefer that

[stuck hamlet]

There is already some Toml in the project I might just continue with it