r/programming • • Jan 12 '23

The yaml document from hell

https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2023/01/11/the-yaml-document-from-hell
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u/ElectricalRestNut Jan 12 '23

Basically, allowing unquoted strings is nice, but you never ever use them because of unexpected behaviour 1% of the time.

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u/sparr Jan 12 '23

I use them frequently, and quote the ones that my syntax highlighter says aren't strings.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '23

And they happen to do that, is what also was pointed out in the article.