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Why YAML sucks? (programming.dev)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by heikkiket@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
 

I feel that Yaml sucks. I understand the need for such markup language but I think it sucks. Somehow it's clunky to use. Can you explain why?

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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 82 points 2 months ago (38 children)

Any language in which whitespace has syntactic value is intrinsically flawed.

Can't speak to your specific issues, but that's why yaml will always suck.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 months ago (28 children)

As a serialization format, agree 100%, but would Python really be better if it switched to braces?

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 61 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Yes, I think so. The downside with Python comes when refactoring the code. There’s always this double checking if the code is correctly indented after the refactor. Sometimes small mistakes creep in.

It’s really hard to tell when Python code is incorrectly indented. It’s often still valid Python code, but you can’t tell if it’s wrong unless you know the intention of the code.

In order languages it’s always obvious when code is incorrectly indented. There’s no ambiguity.

[–] Kache@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Can address it by writing code that doesn't depend much on indentation, which also makes code more linear and easier to follow.

[–] poinck@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Yes, totally agree, and it applies to formats and language syntaxes even if braces are used.

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