Suggestion: EOD tag

[mbakke]

Currently there is no way to verify that a TOML document is "complete". Having a closing tag would allow parsers to reject TOML that is only partially read, similar to when JSON is missing the closing bracket.

This is useful when sending TOML over a network, for example.

[veeg]

TOML is not a serialization format. Adding any logic that reduces the human-friendly configuration format (ref: @mojombo comment) is ill-advised in my honest opinion.

[TheElectronWill]

When sending TOML over a network, you usually send the document's length first. So no need for an "EOD" tag in that case.

[mbakke]

Fair points. I guess some network transports can take care of validation. From the linked issue, there seems to be some expectation that TOML can be used as a general serialization format. Perhaps a "strict mode" that requires opening and closing tags could work, but I agree that it would be neither obvious nor minimal to require it in normal use.

[mojombo]

I think @TheElectronWill's arguments against a closing tag are on point, and I don't see a compelling need for this. Thanks for the suggestion anyhow!