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Re:JSON5 – JSON for Humans by nine_k on Sunday December 08, 2024 @08:02PM (#42362171)
The problem is that self-restraint only takes you so far. Typos exist. Human mistakes exist. Machine errors exist. Malicious inputs exist.

A good parser does not just accept the inputs you find valid, but also rejects inputs you deem invalid. Running a linter that would report or amend all the footgun-wielding features of yaml before parsing is tanamount to running another parser. Then why bother :)

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Re:JSON5 – JSON for Humans by AdieuToLogic on Monday December 09, 2024 @07:57PM (#42372459)
All good points. My philosophy to address same is to employ test suites as a form of sanity checking for JSON/YAML/XML/et al configuration resources.

Still, it would have been nice if YAML had reduced the surface area to verify in order to establish confidence in its content.

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