ron 0.7.1

Rusty Object Notation
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# Rusty Object Notation

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RON is a simple readable data serialization format that looks similar to Rust syntax.
It's designed to support all of [Serde's data model](https://serde.rs/data-model.html), so
structs, enums, tuples, arrays, generic maps, and primitive values.

## Example

```rust
GameConfig( // optional struct name
    window_size: (800, 600),
    window_title: "PAC-MAN",
    fullscreen: false,
    
    mouse_sensitivity: 1.4,
    key_bindings: {
        "up": Up,
        "down": Down,
        "left": Left,
        "right": Right,
        
        // Uncomment to enable WASD controls
        /*
        "W": Up,
        "A": Down,
        "S": Left,
        "D": Right,
        */
    },
    
    difficulty_options: (
        start_difficulty: Easy,
        adaptive: false,
    ),
)
```

## Why RON?

### Example in JSON

```json
{
   "materials": {
        "metal": {
            "reflectivity": 1.0
        },
        "plastic": {
            "reflectivity": 0.5
        }
   },
   "entities": [
        {
            "name": "hero",
            "material": "metal"
        },
        {
            "name": "monster",
            "material": "plastic"
        }
   ]
}
```

### Same example in RON

```rust
Scene( // class name is optional
    materials: { // this is a map
        "metal": (
            reflectivity: 1.0,
        ),
        "plastic": (
            reflectivity: 0.5,
        ),
    },
    entities: [ // this is an array
        (
            name: "hero",
            material: "metal",
        ),
        (
            name: "monster",
            material: "plastic",
        ),
    ],
)
```

Note the following advantages of RON over JSON:

* trailing commas allowed
* single- and multi-line comments
* field names aren't quoted, so it's less verbose
* optional struct names improve readability
* enums are supported (and less verbose than their JSON representation)

## RON syntax overview

* Numbers: `42`, `3.14`, `0xFF`, `0b0110`
* Strings: `"Hello"`, `"with\\escapes\n"`, `r#"raw string, great for regex\."#`
* Booleans: `true`, `false`
* Optionals: `Some("string")`, `Some(Some(1.34))`, `None`
* Tuples: `("abc", 1.23, true)`, `()`
* Lists: `["abc", "def"]`
* Structs: `( foo: 1.0, bar: ( baz: "I'm nested" ) )`
* Maps: `{ "arbitrary": "keys", "are": "allowed" }`

> **Note:** Serde's data model represents fixed-size Rust arrays as tuple (instead of as list)

## Tooling

| Editor       | Plugin                                                      |
|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| IntelliJ     | [intellij-ron](https://github.com/ron-rs/intellij-ron)      |
| VS Code      | [a5huynh/vscode-ron](https://github.com/a5huynh/vscode-ron) |
| Sublime Text | [RON](https://packagecontrol.io/packages/RON)               |
| Atom         | [language-ron](https://atom.io/packages/language-ron)       |
| Vim          | [ron-rs/ron.vim](https://github.com/ron-rs/ron.vim)         |
| EMACS        | [emacs-ron]                                                 |

[emacs-ron]: https://chiselapp.com/user/Hutzdog/repository/ron-mode/home

## Specification

There is a very basic, work in progress specification available on
[the wiki page](https://github.com/ron-rs/ron/wiki/Specification).
A more formal and complete grammar is available [here](docs/grammar.md).


## License

RON is dual-licensed under Apache-2.0 and MIT.

Any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work must be provided under the same dual-license terms.