Re: [Cgi-session-user] CGI::Session::Serialize::yaml (JSON, too?)

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

Mark Stosberg <ma...@su...> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 06:57:36PM -0500, Cees Hek wrote:
> > On 2/15/06, Tyler MacDonald <ty...@yi...> wrote:
> > > Mark Stosberg <ma...@su...> wrote:
> > > > I'm a YAML fan too, as well as CGI::Session co-maintainer.
> > >         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. :)
> > 
> > Might be a good time to support a JSON [1] version as well...
> 
> I'm not sure if you are aware, but JSON is a proper subset of YAML. 
> See:
> http://redhanded.hobix.com/inspect/yamlIsJson.html
> 
> So if we just store the data in JSON format, we've supported both!
> 
> In that sense, it does seem a little silly to have drivers for both, but
> I could see edge cases where people want a feature in YAML that's not in
> JSON...maybe the feature to have references to other parts of the data
> structure. 

	Because they are marketed differently and JSON is just a subset, I
think it makes sense to have serializers for both. Luckily, somebody's
already gone to the trouble of setting up a compatible API for us :

	http://search.cpan.org/dist/JSON-Syck/lib/JSON/Syck.pm

	:-)

		- Tyler