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despite the readability of the yaml syntax, for me the big disadvantage is the inability to use meta / type info. for a straightforward collection of strings:
by wickedOne 6y ago
despite the readability of the yaml syntax, for me the big disadvantage is the inability to use meta / type info.
for a straightforward collection of strings: probably good enough, for anything else xml is more likely to cover the usecase better
- Spivak 6y agoYAML has really good typing support with type annotations being a first class citizen. But you’re dependent on the hosting software (adding or understanding) the types. For example start: !date 2020-09-12 could actually map to a native date object.