[Yaml-core] Some comments from a naieve observer

[Jeremy R. <jr...@fa...>]

Greetings.

Let me beging by saying: I am no markup expert.  :)  I'm also quite new
to YAML.  I've watched the heated (!) discussions for the past few weeks
in (dizzy) interest, however...  and feel compelled to pipe in as a
"naieve observer", insomuch as such a POV can occasionally be of use.

First comment: I liked "Love Potion #9" (particualrly with the '?' in
place of 'pln'... I forget the variation's name): it gives the user a
little more choice than I've seen in the other options.

Perhaps my feelings tied in with this comment:

> I see two local maximums in YAML-space. One is
> all-scalars-are-created-equal. The model is a simple as possible with
> the downside that you periodically need a little extra cruft in you
> files or a little more work in your application. The other is something
> that's equivalent to the plain-scalar flag. Say #4 with an abstract tag.
> In this case the model gets a little messier, but the files are as cruft
> free as possible. All of the various compromises seem worse than these
> two endpoints.

...To which my immediate feeling was "supply both".  Meaning, pick one
as a default and allow the other as an option, defined in the file /
block header.

I'm all for giving the user some added flexibility.  Your gun, your
foot, kind of thing.  ;)

Apologies if I've missed past discussion of why this is a Bad Idea.  I
suppose I'd just like to hear a sentence or two about why, from someone
who's Been There.

[Very long block of text written and removed as I talk myself through
why such extensive use of symbols (as opposed to words) is wise.]

Feel free to completely ignore this post as the rantings of someone
who's really just trying to get his head around the spec by babbling
about it.  ;)