<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Leonardo Santagada <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:santagada@gmail.com">santagada@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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With the already existing fast json serializers (simplejson) why not use JSON instead of YAML? I like the YAML language, but JSON serializers exists for many more languages and are usually much more used than YAML ones.<br>
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</font></blockquote></div><br>JSON's appeal is in its simplicity, but it's TOO simple to serve as a replacement for pickle. For example, it can't encode recursive objects.<br><br>Since YAML is a superset of JSON, it's a very natural choice for those already familiar with JSON who need a little more power.<br>
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