YAML: Probably not so great after all

Re:YAML: Probably not so great after all by jsjohnst on Sunday August 18, 2019 @01:35PM (#20731601)

Depends on the XML. When you start mixing in namespaces (like trying to parse Maven pom.xml files in Python), it quickly becomes a mess.

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Re:YAML: Probably not so great after all by jamougha on Sunday August 18, 2019 @02:06PM (#20731796)

Namespaces are horrible in Python because the Python XML libraries are deficient. They're generally fine in e.g. Java. (Unless you're trying to represent QName typed data, but that's very niche.)

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Re:YAML: Probably not so great after all by jsjohnst on Sunday August 18, 2019 @03:47PM (#20732380)

I used Python as an example, but handling namespaces in most languages besides Java (and even arguably in Java depending on your point of view) is rather painful.

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