Apathy has shit config system and we need a better one

keep thinking of a hypothetical “apathy language” but i don’t know what it would look like

• SIMPLE. VERY SIMPLE. needs to be VERY VERY SIMPLE so everyone can use it.
• should cover all existing features of apathy and then some
• should be machine-translatable from the json crap, and TO the json crap as well.
• should be easy to parse so i can hopefully build a nice editor for it with documentation, auto complete, etc.

observations

“chain” at the top level is like a function with early return. “chain” at inner levels is more complicated but it’s translatable if i add functions for grouping.

“predicates” vs the tristate is really tripping people up

syntax

again we are seeking VERY FUCKING SIMPLE, it should be familiar and easy to explain. trying to reduce the possibility of errors:

• it should not be case sensitive
• it should definitely not be whitespace sensitive
• considering “special forms” that obviate the need for quoting strings (eg. tag names)

probably something lua-like. if ... then ... end

if attacker.isboss then
  deny
end

more methodological

rule “always”

basically a return statement