From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-03-15T03:34:33+09:00
Subject: YAML as configuration format

Has anyone successfully used YAML as a configuration file format?  I'm 
sure it can be done--I'm not doubting that--but I'm curious as to the 
recommended way of handling sequences.  In XML, it's pretty 
straightforward, but in YAML it seems a little less natural. In other words:

   <conf>
     <element name="one" type="..." />
     <element name="two" type="..." />
     <element name="three" type="..." />
   </conf>

can't be done directly in YAML.  Instead (as far as my limited YAML 
knowledge goes) it seems like you have to do:

conf:
   elements:
   - one: type
   - two: type
   - three: type

I'm not a big XML fan, so I'd love to find an alternative, but there are 
times where YAML seems a little more awkward than XML.  I'm chalking it 
up to my lack of YAML experience.

On a related note, is there a site I can go to that details a kind of 
"best practices" when using YAML?  I've seen _why's cookbook, and I've 
looked at a few other YAML sites, but I'm curious as to how YAML is (and 
should be) used in "real life".

-- 
Jamis Buck
jgb3@email.byu.edu
http://www.jamisbuck.org/jamis

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