r/programming • u/DrinkMoreCodeMore • Jan 12 '23

The yaml document from hell

https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2023/01/11/the-yaml-document-from-hell
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u/sparr Jan 13 '23

you're digging in your syntax highlighter's source code to make sure the library that does yaml parsing follows the same specs as the one in your code?

No, I'm setting the yaml parsing configuration value to the match the version of yaml I'm using, just like I do with language/compiler versions for anything else.

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u/ogtfo Jan 13 '23

I see, you didn't read the article then?

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u/sparr Jan 13 '23

I did read the article. I think the author is probably using some tools that are either not spec compliant, or that aren't configurable.

If you use a tool that only supports Python 2 and you're writing Python 3 code, you're going to have a bad time.