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> Did you read the entire YAML spec before using it (https://yaml.org/spec/1.2-old/spec.html_ https://yaml.org/spec/1.2-old/spec.html_? This feels like an atte
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
> Did you read the entire YAML spec before using it (https://yaml.org/spec/1.2-old/spec.html_ https://yaml.org/spec/1.2-old/spec.html_?
This feels like an attempt at victim blaming. If you have to read an entire spec from top to bottom to avoid a pitfall in a relatively common operation, maybe something is wrong.
FWIW, I couldn't even find the relevant section in that spec from a quick glance. I probably would have to read a significant portion of that spec just to figure out where it went wrong.
- thrwn_frthr_awy 5y ago> This feels like an attempt at victim blaming I don't think I understand what this means in context of my comment. Are you referring to the parent of my comment? Someone wrote an article about an interesting thing they discovered about a well-known spec and OP's response is "Are people not even reading about what they are using?" Did the author of the article do something wrong?
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoNo, it's to your comment. One obvious reading of "did you read every relevant spec completely" is that if you didn't read every relevant spec 100% cover to cover then it's your fault that your software had a problem with that spec, and a reasonable person could view that as infeasible (those things get really long). Hence, it's easy to see your comment as victim blaming. (I'm not saying that I do or don't agree with that view, just trying to make sure everyone understands each other.)
- feanaro 5y agoTheir comment was intended to point out the same thing you're pointing out to the thread root author.
- rat9988 5y agoI think you are answering the wrong guy, because he agrees with you.