RE: [Yaml-core] Interleaved Non-YAML text proposal.

[Nathan S. <nis...@ts...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: yam...@li...
> [mailto:yam...@li...]On Behalf Of Iain 'Spoon'
> Truskett
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 6:36 PM
> To: YAML Core
> Subject: Re: [Yaml-core] Interleaved Non-YAML text proposal.
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> * Brian Ingerson (in...@tt...) [19 Dec 2002 13:32]:
> > Neil Watkiss and I were chatting the other day. One thing that came up
> > was whether YAML cares about what text is "between documents".
>
> > In other words, could we allow *any* characters to be present between
> > '...\n' and the next '\n---'?
>
> You should. Very useful for files in transition between YAML and
> non-YAML. In particular, non-automated Changelogs.
>
>
> cheers,
> --
> Iain.

You shouldn't; if someone inserted a file between the two (one proposed use case was
to sandwich in files inbetween and turn YAML into a package format (as if the world
didn't have plenty already)), some random bytes in the file might very well be
"\n---". Don't laugh: I've scanned through binaries viewed in the browser, and
somehow, some of them manage to have bold, italicized, struck through text by the
time I get to the end.