Rewrite in TypeScript with Promises

[balupton]

Definitions already provided by @stpettersens at:
https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/blob/5344bfc80508c53a23dae37b860fb0c905ff7b24/types/cson/index.d.ts

[balupton]

@stpettersens would you be interested in undertaking this task?

[stpettersens]

Rewrite the library in TypeScript?

[balupton]

Rewrite the library in TypeScript?

Correct.

[balupton]

For anyone who wants to rewrite the CSON library in TypeScript, I can kick off the scaffolding required, but just need someone to do the actual line by line conversions.

Once the initial typescript release is done, I'm also happy for the API to change and move into a Promise API as well, or to just be overall simplified.

I'm able to put a $10USD bounty on this, but that is all I can afford.

[balupton]

actually, going to do it myself now

[balupton]

actually, will need to wait until these deps are converted to typescript first:

• https://github.com/bevry/requirefresh
• https://github.com/bevry/safeps

extract-opts is not needed, as typescript conversion would deprecate the need for this via bc breaks

so postponing until later

[balupton]

these are the remaining usages of cson within the bevry ecosystem:

https://github.com/docpad/docpad-plugin-cson/blob/875c7fa912e382f2e63f91dd01dfd78165c5d5d5/source/index.coffee#L23-L29

https://github.com/docpad/docpad/blob/7ed5087dab6b88df634952dc7a850d6622b88efb/source/lib/models/document.coffee#L793

https://github.com/docpad/docpad/blob/7ed5087dab6b88df634952dc7a850d6622b88efb/source/lib/models/document.coffee#L227

https://github.com/docpad/docpad/blob/85b3297ea8a50c477d8de890388905469a1ac5e8/source/lib/docpad.coffee#L2298-L2299

https://github.com/docpad/docpad/blob/85b3297ea8a50c477d8de890388905469a1ac5e8/source/lib/docpad.coffee#L2217-L2218

https://github.com/docpad/docpad/blob/85b3297ea8a50c477d8de890388905469a1ac5e8/source/lib/docpad.coffee#L2261

They are all DocPad stuff, it isn't used outside DocPad, which is an archived project. So Bevry priority here is very low.

[balupton]

for swapping out safefs
https://github.com/bevry/fs-read
https://github.com/bevry/fs-write

Not sure for requirefresh.

[balupton]

They are all DocPad stuff, it isn't used outside DocPad, which is an archived project. So Bevry priority here is very low.

This is no longer the case, there are hundreds of dependents: https://www.npmjs.com/package/cson?activeTab=dependents

still nothing bevry owned uses cson anymore besides docpad which is an archived project

best way to make this happen is via https://bevry.me/fund