Like A Duck@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is the best file format for configuration file?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the best file format for configuration file?Like A Duck@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.my.idlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHow is it syntatic minefield? I find it at least more reasonable than XML. The comment feature is nice to have.
minus-squarenubbucket@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoyaml is susceptible to things like the Norway problem: https://www.bram.us/2022/01/11/yaml-the-norway-problem/ There’s also a lot of stuff that can go wrong with deserialisation that make it a tricky dependency for security purposes. I like how yaml looks and it’s obviously much better than XML, but it had those potential problems
How is it syntatic minefield? I find it at least more reasonable than XML. The comment feature is nice to have.
yaml is susceptible to things like the Norway problem: https://www.bram.us/2022/01/11/yaml-the-norway-problem/
There’s also a lot of stuff that can go wrong with deserialisation that make it a tricky dependency for security purposes. I like how yaml looks and it’s obviously much better than XML, but it had those potential problems