smp is a textual data format that is designed to be easily understood by both humans and computers. The grammar is very similar to JSON, and can be parsed in a single pass. The data is self describing and fully formed.
Pairs are an identifier separated from a value by : and ended with ;
Identifiers are any string of characters excluding :
Values are either objects, lists or primitives.
Objects are groups of pairs, started with { and ended with }
Lists are 0 indexed groups of values (each value separated by a ,) started with [ and ended with ]
Primitives are either booleans, numbers, character literals or strings.
Booleans are either true or false
Numbers are either decimal, hexadecimal or binary numbers.
Decimal numbers may be prefixed with - for negativity.
Hexadecimal numbers must be prefixed with 0x
Binary numbers must be prefixed with b
Character literals are any UTF-8 character or escape sequence surrounded by '
Strings are any amount of UTF-8 characters or escape sequence surrounded by "
An escape sequence is a character prefixed with \
Escape sequence characters with meaning are as follows:
n for newline
t for tab
\ for a literal backslash (otherwise it would be impossible for \ to appear in the output text)
" for a quote (useful within a string)
' for an apostrophe (useful within a character literal)
car: {
year: 1998;
model: "Honda Accord";
engine: {
cylinders: 6;
name: "VTEC";
mpg: 14.834;
};
type: 'c';
driveModes: ['p','r','n','d','l',];
working: true;
bumper_sticker: "yes \t we \t can";
};