Godot: Add more file format for saving/loading data ?

[linkpy]

Currently we got the File class allowing [encrypted] binary saving and the Dictionary JSON methods. But why don't add more human friendly data format ? Like YAML ? Or add more used format like XML ?

The YAML can be very useful with game allowing simple modding. The YAML and the XML can also be used for debugging purpose.

It's just a proposal, and I know there are already an XMLParser, but not documented and doesn't allow writing XML data. Maybe also add an option for pretty-printing JSON ?

[vnen]

There's a request for YAML already (#4354). A XMLWriter could be useful (though JSON is much more easy to handle). I don't like adding qny other method beyond that, it makes things too complex.

[linkpy]

I think just adding and option for pretty printing JSON will be great. After this, having binary, JSON, YAML and XML will be quiet enough yes. I don't like the current JSON because Array should have to_json method and another object JSON may be added with a parse function.

[Sslaxx]

Supporting Godot's version of ToML would be nice at the least.

[linkpy]

TOML seems cool yes

[Sslaxx]

It's also the file format used for scenes and .tres files, which is why I feel that exposing it to GDScript/Godot's API would be useful (for tools like RPG in a Box, perhaps).

[magpie514]

Human-formatted JSON (output) and ToML would be pretty interesting to have, personally.

[naturally-intelligent]

How are so many developers getting by with a file format that doesn't support integer array indexes?

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[Sslaxx]

Adding ToML support to 3.1 would be nice.

[Nagkei10]

Adding ToML support to 3.1 would be nice.

Since. .tscn is also TOML based, is not it possible to go?

[Calinou]

@keito940 .tscn is inspired by TOML, but it does not follow the TOML specification.

[Sslaxx]

To be more accurate, then, support for being able to read/write .tscn files from within a Godot-made application if not necessarily TOML itself.

[akien-mga]

We already have support for CSV, ConfigFile (INI-style, similar to TOML), and JSON. There's a popular feature proposal for YAML support (#4354). I don't think we need to keep a generic feature proposal regarding adding unspecified file formats, we only add features when they have a clear scope and use case.