[go-nuts] Re: Adding YAML to the stdlib

Anybody can write a spec and deem it a standard. YAML is certainly not a common data serialization format. Adding a YAML parser is in my opinion the least of of Go's priorities when one can see all the packages pilling up @ /x/ namespace that should have been in the stdlib already. More tools

Re: [go-nuts] Re: Adding YAML to the stdlib

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Zachary Gershman wrote: > Gustavo - it is not jus that YAML is well known, it is also widely used > (as I even mentioned). It is a *standard *even though some may not want > to consider it as such. If I can read xml in the stdlib why not

[go-nuts] Re: Adding YAML to the stdlib

Gustavo - it is not jus that YAML is well known, it is also widely used (as I even mentioned). It is a *standard *even though some may not want to consider it as such. If I can read xml in the stdlib why not yaml? And it is widely supported now but are you committed to supporting it for as long

[go-nuts] Re: Adding YAML to the stdlib

Hi Zachary, You have already seen the thread, but for the benefit of others, Zach's email comes from a thread raised and replied to yesterday on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jvehent/status/778687333956587522 As I said there, the yaml spec is big, messy, and I wouldn't encourage having the