Re: [Cgi-session-user] CGI::Session::Serialize::yaml

[Tyler M. <ty...@yi...>]

Mark Stosberg <ma...@su...> wrote:
> I'm a YAML fan too, as well as CGI::Session co-maintainer. 
> 
> How about this: We include the YAML serialize in the core distribution,
> but you agree to maintain it, should changes be needed. SVN access can
> be furnished for that purpose.

	Sounds good. Do I need to send you an SSH key or anything?

	I'm really glad you support this... having sessions work in a
cross-language way in CGI::Session is going to open the door for some very
powerful mod_perl magic. :)

> I originally wrote the "PureSQL" driver because I wasn't comfortable
> putting a Perl data structure in the database. It seems wrong, in part
> because of the cross-language access that you mention.
> 
> I do currently using the PostgreSQL for pragmatic reasons, but I would
> still prefer the data be stored in a more accessible format internally, 
> which YAML accomplishes.

	Not just for languages, but for people too! For simple data
structures, it's *much* easier to read than Data::Dumper or XML.

		- Tyler