From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-11-04T10:55:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Thinking of dropping YAML from 1.8

Maybe it would be better to move YAML out, so that it will give
someone the impetus to do a new and better lib (like one that's 1.1
compliant for instance!). It's too bad _why has abandoned his Syck
project, it really is one of the most useful standard libs in Ruby.

On the other hand, I personally think we should consider YAML as an
essential part of Ruby. As _why originally put it, YAML and Rubygo
together like bread and butter. I require 'yaml' in most of my
programs, even if it's just to use #y instead of #p. I'd go so far as
to say that YAML would do well even further integrated into the
language. For instance, how cool would it be to do:

  class X
    attr_accessor :msg
    def sayit; puts msg; end
  end

  foo = --- !X
    msg: "Hello, World!"
  ...

  foo.sayit

Whether you like that idea or not. I think it remains true that YAML
is so important to Ruby, that it's support should be treated with the
same diligence as the rest of the language.

T.

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