[Catalyst] YAML vs. *

[Kieren Diment]

I've read most of this thread, and my main concern is this.

With YAML you can do this:

use YAML;
my $href = {
 foo => 'bar'
 baz => 'quoxx'
 $fnord => \@skidoo
}

print Dump $href;

and get a YAML dump of what the config datastructure is supposed to look
like without problem.  This is too useful to discard.  From my cursory
reading of the docs, Config::General doesn't seem to support this.  JSON
probably does, but then looks rather code like to me.   As for XML by
default, well - no thanks, please no.

On 10/06/06, Matt S Trout <dbix-class at trout.me.uk> wrote:
>
> I love YAML as a serialisation format for data transfer, but so far as
> stuff
> like config files that are designed for human write / machine read, I
> personally think it sucks. Massively.
>
> And for hysterical raisins it's currently our default config file formats,
> and
> I see users running into trouble getting their myapp.yml to parse right
> all
> the flipping time. So, I'm wondering if this is just me being a
> YAML-hating
> heretic or if other people are of the same opinion.
>
> A few (IMO) better options -
>
> Config::General -
>
> <View TT>
>    INCLUDE_PATH __path_to('root')__
> </View>
>
> JSON -
>
> {
>    'View::TT': {
>      INCLUDE_PATH: "__path_to('root')__"
>    }
> }
>
> INI-style -
>
> [View::TT]
> INCLUDE_PATH=__path_to('root')__
>
> What do you all think, then? (/me dons asbestos suit, waits for the holy
> war
> to start :)
>
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