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0 pointsturnip197912y ago0 comments

To be specific, JSON syntax is a subset of YAML version 1.2.

However, I hate YAML with a passion. It is worse than XML in my books. I can usually read JSON fine. I can also read XML in many cases. For the life of me, I just can't read YAML. It has something to do with "-", line indentation and different ways of writing lists.

Of course, someone will say YAML is technically better ...

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ctb_mg12y ago

Same here, it is very difficult for me to tell levels of nested structures in yaml. Though I'm sure if I sat down and read up on it I could force it into my brain. But shouldn't it be intuitive to read without that?

snogglethorpe12y ago

Precisely.

Python has exactly the same problem -- control-structure nesting quickly gets confusing and hard to read beyond a certain (fairly small) size -- but at least with python, you have the option of splitting off stuff into separate functions to limit the amount of nesting and size of blocks.

buster12y ago

Different for me, i would prefer YAML over XML or JSON

turnip1979OP12y ago

Do you use your naked eyes or do you have any tool recommendations? I don't see YAML going away so I'd better deal :)

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