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5 months agoYAML to JSON is probably doable, JSON back to YAML not so much.
There are multiple ways to mark multiline strings in YAML. Then there are anchors, like bionicjoey mentioned. Also comments, YAML has them. You’d have to have some way to retain the extra information, if you want to make the full round trip.
Here’s an example:
def-db: &def-db
# here be dragons
login: admin
passwd: nimda
prod:
db: *def-db
desc: |
I'm a teapot
short and stout
dev:
db:
<<: *def-db
passwd: pass
desc: "I'm a teapot\nshort and stout\n"
converted to JSON looks like this
{
"def-db": {
"login": "admin",
"passwd": "nimda"
},
"prod": {
"db": {
"login": "admin",
"passwd": "nimda"
},
"desc": "I'm a teapot\nshort and stout\n"
},
"dev": {
"db": {
"login": "admin",
"passwd": "pass"
},
"desc": "I'm a teapot\nshort and stout\n"
}
}
So, a new not-a-markup-language, only human readable and editable, and objectively better than its predecessor? Well, it’s all according to tradition. I believe YAML got its start the same way.