[Catalyst] YAML vs. *

[John Napiorkowski]

Hi,

I'm getting this feeling this debate is winding down
with the end of the weekend, but just some last two
cents; I would seriously prefer anything that is not
reliant on spaces, tabs or other semi-invisible
characters for syntax purposes.  Yes, you can set your
text editor to help smooth over this, but then I end
up setting up my editor differently for YAML verses
what I do for code.

Also having whitespace characters used this way seems
very anti-perl.  I know YAML was developed by perl
programmers first, but it really feels unnatural to
me.  Reminds me of that summer where I had to write
everything in python :)

Anyway I am sure this was already argued in one of the
posts I failed to see.  I doubt we will find something
we can all agree on, but I hope we can find a good
default that helps grow the community.  -john

--- 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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