Re: [Yaml-core] YAC#22

[Brian I. <in...@tt...>]

On 07/03/02 04:36 -0500, Oren Ben-Kiki wrote:
> I think Clark has demonstrated why this is a bad thing. So all we have to
> decide what the YAML-specified default is: either "tabs not allowed' or
> #TAB:8 (I agree with Brian the syntax should be #TAB:N or #TAB:N:HARD). This
> is the only difference between YAC#21 and YAC#22.

I'll vote for "tabs not allowed". (See below)

> 
> My initial tendency is to go for the default being #TAB:8, simply because it
> is, when all is said and done, the "default" tab behavior in every "dumb"
> device/system such as Notepad, text viewers, printers, etc. It also makes it
> easier to use TASTY editors. I think YAC#22 is a bit too restrictive. That
> said, I can live with YAC#22.
> 
> I REALLY *H*A*T*E* TABS.

Then let's work hard to abolish them :)

Let's definitely require that emitters never use tabs for indentation, even
if the #TAB parsing is emitted.

> Regardless of the tabs policy we use, our indented block mechanism just
> isn't up to preserving text that is tab-indented code, especially if these
> tabs have a different size than whatever is used by the YAML file.

That's why I have always been indenting YAML blocks at increments of 8. So
that clever TASTY editors don't screw me over.

Cheers, Brian