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Why shouldn't you use YAML to store eye tracking data? /s (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by qaz@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] DataElemental@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How do you figure?

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[–] TomasEkeli@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Valid JSON is valid YAML.

So valid YAML can contain JSON

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[–] DataElemental@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's a long way from all or most YAML being JSON-compatible. I wonder if more YAML files in the wild parse as Markdown than JSON.

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[–] TomasEkeli@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

JSON is valid YAML does not imply that YAML is valid JSON

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[–] DataElemental@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That was my point, yes, but I was replying to @ZoteTheMighty@midwest.social's suggestion that "all yaml is just sparkling json".

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