Example configuration

This complete file starts with the required declaration and blank separator. It demonstrates repeated values, quoting, both multiline forms and unset values.

Experimental types. The string, int and bool annotations belong to the Go sample’s demo profile. Standard type names and conversion rules remain undecided.

See type profiles and candidate types for type-specific representations and candidates, and undecided matters for the remaining decisions.

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@dotReg 0.1

# Sample: string / int / bool are type names from the demo profile.
A.
  .Code(string):001
  .Count(int):42
  .Enabled(bool):true
  .Path: C:\temp\new
  .QuotedPath: "C:\\temp\\new"
  .Message: "  say \"hello\"  "
  .LineBreak: "first\nsecond"
  .Emoji: "\u{1F600}"
  .EmojiJson: "\uD83D\uDE00"
  .Missing:
  .Empty: ""
  .NullText: null
  .Pattern: ^foo\.bar$

  # Only an initial quote selects quoted syntax; later quotes stay literal.
  .Saying: say "hello"
  .Unbalanced: x"unterminated
  .QuoteText: \"hello\"
  .JsonText: {"x": "\u0041"}
  .MidTriple: text """ more

  # Every occurrence is retained, including repeated identical values.
  .Tag:red
  .Tag:green
  .Tag:red

  # Triple quotes decode the same escapes as ordinary quoted values.
  .Multiline(string): """
   first line
     indented second line: \u{1F600}
   say \"hello\"
   """

  # Pipe blocks keep everything after | literally, including backslashes.
  .Literal:
   |C:\temp\new
   |"quotes" and \n stay literal
   ||this line begins with a pipe

  # An extra empty body line explicitly includes a final newline.
  .FinalNewline:
   |first line
   |

  .Group.
    .: group-value
    ."B.C": dot-in-one-name
    ."": empty-child-name

"A.B": one-element-key
"": empty-key-name
"A B:C(D)#": quoted-key-symbols