Comment on Sanity checking an idea for editing yaml without wanting to throw my laptop out the window
multifredding@feddit.de 2 months ago
I could see some problems when working with yaml anchors, otherwise the conversion should work fine. But yeah, using a good editor should fix most problems and would be much easier
flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 months ago
What kind of problems? I’m unfamiliar with anchors in yaml
multifredding@feddit.de 2 months ago
They are basically constants where you can define reoccurring sections once and reference them multiple times throughout the file. A processor will then resolve these. As gar as I know, there is no comparable concept in JSON so they could get lost in translation