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Re:Bugs in the YAML specification by fibo on Monday September 05, 2016 @02:08AM (#12428440)
YAML was the first human readable/writable format, so better t'han XML and JSON for us humans. Also is a superset of JSON.
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Re:Bugs in the YAML specification by Someone on Monday September 05, 2016 @03:11AM (#12428631)
Human writable? I have little experience with it, but if what Amazon uses for its CodeDeploy configuration files is representative for the format, I disagree.

IMO, a human writable format shouldn't need a help page like this: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/codedeploy/latest/userguide/app-s...

Yes, part of that is CodeDeploy, but saying "tab characters must not be used in indentation" for me, disqualifies a standard as "human writable".

CodeDeploy makes that horrendous by requiring five or so clicks to figure out what causes an error (try forgetting adding an app spec.yml file or saving a file with a BOM)

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Re:Bugs in the YAML specification by mst on Monday September 05, 2016 @06:51AM (#12429404)
It's an indentation-is-semantic format.

I've had more trouble with things trying to allow both spaces and tabs than I've had with YAML's refusal to allow tabs.

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