spec for deps.edn files

whether deps.edn can be spec'ed so that if one makes a mistake (e.g., putting a string literal where a symbol is expected), the cli tools can give some kind of feedback on the said mistake as spec errors. has the core team considered this?

alexmiller Yesterday at 23:40
It’s not currently checked as we were trying to support older Clojure versions although we could probably bump that req now
2 replies
Salam 24 hours ago
aha, indeed:
https://github.com/clojure/tools.deps.alpha/blob/master/src/main/clojure/clojure/tools/deps/alpha/specs.cljyeah, being able to leverage this in clojure 1.10.x (or later versions) would be great.i'll settle for the comment form at the bottom of that spec file for now. 🙂 thanks! (edited)
src/main/clojure/clojure/tools/deps/alpha/specs.clj

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alexmiller 24 hours ago
Yeah, I used that to validate all the deps.edn I had lying around :)

Start by reading src/main/clojure/clojure/tools/deps/alpha/specs.clj, which the issue references, then trace how the CLI tools process deps.edn. Define the validation scope and confirm that invalid values such as a string where a symbol is expected produce useful spec feedback; account for the Clojure version requirement.