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YAML is (vaguely) a superset of JSON, so you can just use JSON (without tabs) and get your life back. I don’t need a config language with no fewer that 6 subtl
by basil-rash 3y ago
YAML is (vaguely) a superset of JSON, so you can just use JSON (without tabs) and get your life back.
I don’t need a config language with no fewer that 6 subtly different ways of decoding a string to remember, and certainly not one with a spec longer than C’s. Compare to JSON’s, which (famously) fits on a postcard.
https://yaml.org/spec/1.2.2/ https://yaml.org/spec/1.2.2/
https://yaml-multiline.info/ https://yaml-multiline.info/
https://www.json.org/json-en.html https://www.json.org/json-en.html