[Python-ideas] PEP 426, YAML in the stdlib and implementation discovery

[Yuval Greenfield]

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>  >> Is there a reason JSON is used other than YAML not being in the stdlib?
> >
> > It's simpler, it's Python syntax, it's faster to parse.
>
> I would warn strongly against the "JSON is Python syntax" meme.
>
>
Another warning - this javascript tidbit broke my heart more times than I
care to admit:

>var k = 'foo'
>var obj = {k: 'wonderful'}
>obj[k]
undefined
>obj['k']
"wonderful"


Yuval
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