On 1/31/07, James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [copy_files] > files_dir1 = this.file that.file > path_dir1 = /some/path > > files_dir2 = the_other.file yet_another.file > path_dir2 = /some/other/path > > In yaml, it might look thus. > > copy_files : > - files : [this.file, that.file] > path : /some/path > - files : [the_other.file, yet_another.file] > path : /some/other/path > > Both are readable (though I like equals signs in appearance over > colons), but yaml doesn't require a lot of string processing to group > the files with the paths. I don't even want to think the coding > gymnastics required to split all of the option names and then group > those with common suffixes.
But is not that a perfect world example? Consider: [copy_files] files_dir1=this.file that.file path_dir1=/some/path files_dir2=the_other.file yet_another.file path_dir2=/some/other/path versus: copy_files: -files:[this.file,that.file] path:/some/path -files:[the_other.file,yet_another.file] path:/some/other/path Mandatory indentation is good in programming languages, but does it really belong in configuration files? With tabs verboten to boot. -- mvh Björn -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list