RE: [Yaml-core] Sequence Indentation

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

Brian Ingerson wrote:
> I'm not really comfortable with the way we are defining 
> sequence indentation. (the dash counts as indentation) For 
> starters, this:
> 
>     ---
>     foo:
>     - one
>     -
>      two: three
>     ...
> 
> is not valid, when it most obviously should be. I say 
> obvious, as in the general layman, not obvious as in those 
> who made up the rules.

:-)

The problem is with the incorrect (too general) wording. It restricted
to the *-in-seq case only. It is NOT true otherwise.

> Basically it boils down to: "Making the dash part of the 
> indentation was a quick and dirty way to explain the 
> behaviour of putting sequences directly below the map keys."

Right.
 
> What does this mean:
> 
>     ---
>     - |2
>         tic
>         tac
>         toe
>     ...
> 
> One leading space per line or two? Again I'm not asking for 
> clarification, but rather, what *should* it mean.

2 leading spaces. This is both a clarification and what it should mean
:-)

> If I tell my emitter to use 2-column indenting, do I get:

Well, that really depends how you write it, but I expect the answer to
be:

>     ---
>     foo:
>       - bar
>     ---

> Oren, is this possible for the productions?

Well, here's the thing - it is already there :-) The only problem is the
incorrect wording, which should be fixed. Nice catch!

Have fun,

	Oren Ben-Kiki