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index 814e57e7..2b234965 100755
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+++ b/toml.html.markdown
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ It is an alternative to YAML and JSON. It aims to be more human friendly than JS
Be warned, TOML's spec is still changing a lot. Until it's marked as 1.0, you
should assume that it is unstable and act accordingly. This document follows TOML v0.4.0.
-```
+```toml
# Comments in TOML look like this.
################
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ boolean = true
dateTime = 1979-05-27T07:32:00-08:00
scientificNotation = 1e+12
"key can be quoted" = true # Both " and ' are fine
-"key may contains" = "letters, numbers, underscores, and dashes"
+"key may contain" = "letters, numbers, underscores, and dashes"
# A bare key must be non-empty, but an empty quoted key is allowed
"" = "blank" # VALID but discouraged
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ date4 = 1979-05-27 # without offset or time
array1 = [ 1, 2, 3 ]
array2 = [ "Commas", "are", "delimiters" ]
-array3 = [ "Don't mixed", "different", "types" ]
+array3 = [ "Don't mix", "different", "types" ]
array4 = [ [ 1.2, 2.4 ], ["all", 'strings', """are the same""", '''type'''] ]
array5 = [
"Whitespace", "is", "ignored"
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ c = 1
[a]
d = 2
+# Will generate the following in JSON:
+# { "a": {"b": {"c": 1}, "d": 2 } }
+
# You cannot define any key or table more than once. Doing so is invalid.
# DO NOT DO THIS
@@ -220,36 +223,56 @@ emptyTableAreAllowed = true
name = "Nail"
sku = 284758393
color = "gray"
+```
+The equivalent in JSON would be:
+```json
+{
+ "products": [
+ {
+ "name": "array of table",
+ "sku": 7385594937,
+ "emptyTableAreAllowed": true
+ },
+ {},
+ {
+ "name": "Nail",
+ "sku": 284758393,
+ "color": "gray"
+ }
+ ]
+}
+```
+```toml
# You can create nested arrays of tables as well. Each double-bracketed
# sub-table will belong to the nearest table element above it.
[[fruit]]
- name = "apple"
+ name = "apple" # I am a property in fruit table/map
- [fruit.Geometry]
+ [fruit.geometry]
shape = "round"
- note = "I am an fruit's property"
+ note = "I am a property in geometry table/map"
[[fruit.color]]
name = "red"
- note = "I am an array's item in apple"
+ note = "I am an array item in apple fruit's table/map"
[[fruit.color]]
name = "green"
- note = "I am in the same array than red"
+ note = "I am in the same array as red"
[[fruit]]
name = "banana"
[[fruit.color]]
name = "yellow"
- note = "I am an array's item too but banana's one"
-```
-
-In JSON land, this code will be:
+ note = "I am an array item in banana fruit's table/map"
+```
+The equivalent in JSON would be:
```json
+
{
"fruit": [
{