On 8/28/09 1:13 PM, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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>> I thought the consensus was that we didn't want to get into supporting
>> more formats. What does YAML provide that JSON does not?
>
> Readability and easy editing. All the power of JSON without the
> annoying quotes, braces, and brackets.
How many lines of code does YAML support add to the codebase?
While I personally like YAML, it's not like it has broad industry
support. And people wouldn't interface with the XML or JSON directly;
they'd use a library for that. That's the whole point of having those
outputs.
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