.. seealso::
+ Module :mod:`tomllib`
+ TOML is a well-specified format for application configuration files.
+ It is specifically designed to be an improved version of INI.
+
Module :mod:`shlex`
- Support for creating Unix shell-like mini-languages which can be used as
- an alternate format for application configuration files.
+ Support for creating Unix shell-like mini-languages which can also
+ be used for application configuration files.
Module :mod:`json`
- The json module implements a subset of JavaScript syntax which can also
- be used for this purpose.
+ The ``json`` module implements a subset of JavaScript syntax which is
+ sometimes used for configuration, but does not support comments.
.. testsetup::