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Show me a better text format for serializing (imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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And I'll show you YAML

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[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For serializing? I'd probably just go with json.

For content meant to be written or edited by humans? YAML all day baby

[–] Andy@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ever tried NestedText? It's like basic YAML but everything is a string (types are up to the code that ingests it), and you never ever need to escape a character.

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've got too many consumers that I don't control which dictate their input formats. And to be quite honest, "types are up to the code that ingests it" sounds like a huge negative to me.

[–] Andy@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, well I love that policy (types being in code, not configs). FWIW I sometimes use it as a hand-edited document, with a small type-specifying file, to generate json/yaml/toml for other programs to load.