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Re:Why are we templating YAML? by mixmastamyk on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:15PM (#19109150)
Nope, indentation is not a problem with indentation guides. A misplaced comma in a JSON file however kills it, gets me every time I have to write it by hand.

Also, it is true YAML has too many features, though I find they are typically ignored or disabled.

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Re:Why are we templating YAML? by krapp on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:20PM (#19109181)
A misplaced comma is also not a problem in an editor with syntax highlighting, but between the two, indentation could take longer to fix.
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Re:Why are we templating YAML? by mixmastamyk on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:25PM (#19109240)
Syntax highlighting doesn't count commas. The problem is JSON doesn't allow trailing commas, so adding or reordering frequently results in a difficult to diagnose error.
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Re:Why are we templating YAML? by krapp on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:33PM (#19109306)
Finding out if a set ends in a comma or not still makes it easier to debug than YAML.
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Re:Why are we templating YAML? by mixmastamyk on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:46PM (#19109428)
Not my experience, 10x more trouble with long JSON.
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