Patrick Maupin <pmau...@gmail.com> writes: > But for my use-case, YAML is irretrievably broken. Sure, it looks > reasonably nice, but it increases regression runtime unacceptably.
How big are the files that you want to parse with it? Sheesh. > Well, I've looked at the YAML parser and I can assure you that I will > not be contributing to that project. So write a new one that parses the same syntax, but cleaner and faster. > XML can certainly be made readable by humans. It's hard to make it > writeable by (average) humans just using a regular text editor, I do it all the time; it's a bit dreary but not difficult. And there is absolutely no way to get anything done in this field anymore without dealing with XML from time to time. So given that we all have some experience using it, it's sensible to stick with it. > None of the existing formats are suitable. I may be the only one who > feels that way. OTOH, if we never invented new things, then I > wouldn't be enjoying restructured text, and I'd be missing out on a > lot there... ReST is another abomination that should never have gotten off the ground. It is one of the reasons I react so negatively to your config format proposal. It just sounds like more of the same. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
