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Why shouldn't you use YAML to store eye tracking data? /s (infosec.pub)
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[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

All yaml is just sparkling JSON.

[–] DataElemental@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How do you figure?

[–] TomasEkeli@programming.dev 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Valid JSON is valid YAML.

So valid YAML can contain JSON

[–] DataElemental@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's a long way from all or most YAML being JSON-compatible. I wonder if more YAML files in the wild parse as Markdown than JSON.

[–] TomasEkeli@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

JSON is valid YAML does not imply that YAML is valid JSON

[–] DataElemental@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That was my point, yes, but I meant to reply to @ZoteTheMighty@midwest.social.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Always has been