YINI CLI v1.0.2-beta — Smarter Number Parsing 🚀

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Just rolled out YINI v1.0.2-beta, and this one focuses on making the parser more capable and rock-solid when it comes to handling numbers.

🔧 What's New

The internal YINI Parser has been upgraded to v1.0.2-beta, bringing full support for:

Negative values

Edge cases across all number types:

- Integers
- Floats
- Hexadecimal
- Binary
- Octal
- Duodecimal (base-12)
- Exponential notation

💡 Why It Matters

If you're working with configs that push the limits—maybe big integer IDs, scientific values, or alternative base notations—this update ensures they'll parse correctly, consistently, and without surprises.

Usage

Installation

Install it globally from npm

Open your terminal and run:
```
npm install -g yini-cli
```

Test functionality

Create a simple test file, for example: config.yini:

^ App
  name = 'My App Title'
  version = '1.2.3'
  pageSize = 25
  darkTheme = off

Then run:

yini parse config.yini

Expected result, your CLI should output a parsed version of the config and output something similar to:

{
    App: {
        name: 'My App Title',
        version: '1.2.3',
        pageSize: 25,
        darkTheme: false
    }
}

All Supported Number Format

In YINI config format below:

        @yini

        ^ App
          name = 'My App Title'
          version = "1.2.3"
          pageSize = 25
          darkTheme = off

        ^ NumberFormats

          ^^ HexFormat              // Hexadecimal (base-16)
             hex    = #FF0066       // Default notation
             altHex = 0xFF0066      // Alternative notation
          ^^ BinFormat              // Binary (base-2)
             bin    = %10101111     // Default notation
             altBin = 0b10101111    // Alternative notation
          ^^ OctFormat              // Octal (base-8)
             oct    = 0o755         // (decimal 493)
          ^^ DozFormat              // Duodecimal (base-12)
             doz    = 0z10XE        // Default notation:     X=10, E=11
             altDoz = 0z10AB        // Alternative notation: A=10, B=11

Will produce following JS object:

{
  App: {
    name: 'My App Title',
    version: '1.2.3',
    pageSize: 25,
    darkTheme: false
  },
  NumberFormats: {
    HexFormat: { 
      hex: 16711782,
      altHex: 16711782
    },
    BinFormat: { 
      bin: 175, 
      altBin: 175
    },
    OctFormat: { 
      oct: 493 
    },
    DozFormat: { 
      doz: 1859, 
      altDoz: 1859
    }
  }
}

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