From: Nathan S. <nis...@ts...> - 2002-12-19 03:29:43
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> -----Original Message----- > From: yam...@li... > [mailto:yam...@li...]On Behalf Of Iain 'Spoon' > Truskett > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 6:36 PM > To: YAML Core > Subject: Re: [Yaml-core] Interleaved Non-YAML text proposal. > > > * Brian Ingerson (in...@tt...) [19 Dec 2002 13:32]: > > Neil Watkiss and I were chatting the other day. One thing that came up > > was whether YAML cares about what text is "between documents". > > > In other words, could we allow *any* characters to be present between > > '...\n' and the next '\n---'? > > You should. Very useful for files in transition between YAML and > non-YAML. In particular, non-automated Changelogs. > > > cheers, > -- > Iain. You shouldn't; if someone inserted a file between the two (one proposed use case was to sandwich in files inbetween and turn YAML into a package format (as if the world didn't have plenty already)), some random bytes in the file might very well be "\n---". Don't laugh: I've scanned through binaries viewed in the browser, and somehow, some of them manage to have bold, italicized, struck through text by the time I get to the end. |