On 9/1/07, Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> demerphq wrote:
> > On 9/1/07, Fergal Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> On a tangent, I think using quotes is important otherwise you end up
> >> output like
> >>
> >> wanted: elbow
> >> found: elbow
> >>
> >> when what you really needed was
> >>
> >> wanted: 'elbow'
> >> found: 'elbow '
>
> No need to quote everything, just when there's leading or trailing whitespace
> to clarify. YAML.pm does that automatically. In fact, I don't think you can
> express leading or trailing whitespace without quotes in YAML.
>
>
> >> I'd even suggest sticking \t and \n in there when required and giving
> >> the option of outputting \{x} for unicode characters. The whitespace
> >> issue is one I had to deal with when writing Test::Tester as it allows
> >> you to check diag strings and they involve plenty of tricky
> >> whitespace,
>
> An option to display whitespace escaped is a good idea. Also all non-ASCII.
> However, Unicode definitely has to default to normal display or else all those
> who don't speaky the ASCII will be very unhappy.
>
>
> > Could this be a reason NOT to emit a YAML stream?
>
> Not particularly, why do you ask?
Cause id hate to see all this work done and then find out that its
less than it could be because YAML in the end doesnt meet the
requirements. If it does then its fine.
Yves
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