[racket-users] Re: opinions on YAML as communication tool
If you'd still like to use yaml, I would like to quietly point out that each of the following is a valid boolean value in yaml: - true - false - yes - no - y - n - True - False - TRUE - FALSE - on - off - YES - NO ... but it's not strictly case-insensitive, as yES is parsed as a string -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [racket-users] Re: opinions on YAML as communication tool
> On Oct 21, 2016, at 14:00, Jack Firth wrote: > > If you'd still like to use yaml, I would like to quietly point out that each > of the following is a valid boolean value in yaml: > > - true > - false > - yes > - no > - y > - n > - True > - False > - TRUE > - FALSE > - on > - off > - YES > - NO Yes, that’s pretty much the final nail in the coffin. I’m starting to recognize that some of the initial appeal of YAML was due to DWIM that is almost certain to later come back to bite me. Looks like I’m stuck with sexps, json, or … wait, I could just roll my own parser! Wouldn’t take a second! … Just kidding. Many thanks for the input. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [racket-users] Re: opinions on YAML as communication tool
On 21/10/2016 23:00, Jack Firth wrote: If you'd still like to use yaml, I would like to quietly point out that each of the following is a valid boolean value in yaml: ... Google for "YAML Norway" for some real-life illustrations of this problem. The ISO country code for Norway is "no", which the YAML parser converts into "false". Konrad. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.