Mark's Configuration Language (MCL)

Its an easy to use config toy language written in rust. I implemented this solely for practicing rust lifetimes.

Note: Still in development

Introduction

Generally, you can think of this config language as json, except without commas and colons.

This mcl object

mcl {
    repository "https://github.com/jmmaa/mcl"
    stars 0
}

is equivalent to json object below

"mcl": {
    "repository": "https://github.com/jmmaa/mcl",
    "stars": 0
}

Unlike json, you can use template string literals in here by enclosing the string with backticks

mcl {
    template_string `MY TEMPLATE STRING`
    normal_string   "hello I am simple string"
}

TODO

How to use

use mcl;

fn main() {

    let output = mcl::from_str(
        r#"
        
        foo {
    
            bar "baz"
        }
        
        "#,
    )
    .unwrap();

    // getting value of "bar"
    let val = &output["foo"]["bar"].as_str();

    assert!(val == &Some("baz"));
}