Comment on What is the best file format for configuration file?

• derpgon@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I mean, a valid JSON is a valid YAML

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  • Hexarei@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I hate that you’re correct lmao

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• bignavy@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not sure whether fantastic troll or just no exposure to Python.

  Either way…I’m here for it.

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  • Hexarei@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Neither, I’ve written plenty of Python and I know how useful it can be. However, as someone who is neurospicy, I find languages that have semantically l significant white space to be frustrating to read.

    Sure, there are tools to help with it. Sure, they help. But they don’t replace how much more useful curly braces are at defining scope.

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    • bignavy@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’re not wrong. Having to figure out which element is borked in a yaml file is not great. And the implementation using yaml is all over the place, so even though tools do exist, they’re mediocre at best.

      But, to be fair, Python has always done the same to me. As a fellow Neuro-spicy (and with a background in Java and C# and JavaScript), although the tools are better to point you in the right direction, significant white space (or indentations) are significant white space (or indentations).🤷‍♂️

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