RE: [Yaml-core] Think or Dwim

[Oren Ben-K. <or...@ri...>]

Steve Howell wrote:
> > You don't either. You use '- ' in front of the keys. Really.
> > Otherwise,
> > declarations or no declarations, any YAML tool will feel free to
> > randomize them.
> 
> Except that it's a pain in the butt, as I've explained in other emails.

Having YAML tools randomize your data would be worse :-)

As Mike has pointed out, you can just view this as an explicit syntax. Two
chars aren't expensive syntactically, and you are free to load it into
anything you want, not necessarily a seq of maps. I think that addresses
your main pain.

Have fun,

    Oren Ben-Kiki