This builds on #154, which would be very useful regardless of whether this proposal is accepted.

Hurray for tuples! @mojombo

Currently, there is no syntax for inline tables, which means that you're forced to create a new section for simple cases. In Cargo:

[dependencies.hammer]

version = "1.0.0"
git = "https://github.com/wycats/hammer.rs"

We have a shorthand for the case where a dependency only needs to specify a version:

[dependencies]

hammer = "1.0.0"

With tuples, we could do something like:

[dependencies]

hammer = ("1.0.0", "git", "https://github.com/wycats/hammer.rs")

I would like to propose a syntax for inline tables:

[dependencies]

hammer = ("1.0.0", git: "https://github.com/wycats/hammer.rs")
# or alternately
hammer = ("1.0.0", git = "https://github.com/wycats/hammer.rs")

I would be comfortable with restricting inline tables to the last element of a tuple, to eliminate the need for additional braces or something around the table.