Re: [Yaml-core] Proposal #5b

[trans. (T. Onoma) <tra...@ru...>]

On Saturday 11 September 2004 12:17 pm, Clark C. Evans wrote:
> You don't. =A0This is what styles do. =A0They are all different
> ways of writing characters based on specific use cases:
>
> =A0 plain: most limited style, but unadorned, simple
> =A0 double: you can express any unicode character here, but it is tedious
> =A0 single: good for strings with indicators and lots of \ and "
> =A0 folded: good for paragraphs where word-wrapping is not significant
> =A0 literal: good for source code where breaks are significant
>
> Every one of the styles has a specific rationale for presentation,
> they really arn't special tags (which you seem to be trying to
> have them be). =A0 If you really want these differentiations just
> use !tags that is what they are there for.

Okay, I get you.=20

It jsut seems like escaping could be a useful _mode_ for any style. If that=
=20
were possible then it would translate into four styles and two modes.=20

How do we _not_ escape literals, for instance?=20

=2D-=20
( o _
 //    trans.
/ \    tra...@ru...

I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
=2DMark Twain