[Distutils] comparison of configuration languages

[Ionel Cristian Mărieș]

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Alex Grönholm <alex.gronholm at nextday.fi>
wrote:

> So far the ONLY objective problems with YAML seems to be the problematic
> implementation named PyYAML. If this is really the case, I'd gladly help
> build a better one just to prevent TOML from being chosen for this task.
> That we're even *considering* building something as important as this on
> an unstable standard is pretty horrifying to me in itself.
>

​Just my two cents here: every time, but every every time,​ I have to
google around about how to create a multi-line string in YAML. There are
too many ways to write the same thing. And lets not forget those damn
sexagesimal literals. The complexity of that language is beyond repair,
it's not a *library* problem. Just look at insanities like this
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3790454/in-yaml-how-do-i-break-a-string-over-multiple-lines/21699210#21699210>
​or this <http://blog.teamlazerbeez.com/2009/04/15/yaml-gotchas/>​.

Thanks,
-- Ionel Cristian Mărieș, http://blog.ionelmc.ro
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