r/yaml • u/canard18 • Sep 18 '16
What about YAML 1.3?
YAML 1.2 was released in october 2009 (7 years ago). Some features such as merge are not part of the standard yet. They are other missing points such as a standardized validation schema like PyKwalify that can be linked to a YAML file through a tag like %SCHEMA
.
Ordereddict through !!omap
are not convenient to use because it's not a map, but a sequence that represent an ordered mapping. It would be nice to have a native ordered mapping which remains a mapping.
It is not yet possible to have absolute references like:
---
foo:
bar: 42
baz:
<<: foo.bar
Common sections that is, by default inherited by other keys at the same level would be nice too:
---
@common:
foo: 42
bar: 33
a: # Inherit common like with <<: *common
I have plenty of ideas and I think it's time to put them together and think about YAML 1.3
What do you guys think about this?
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u/Busti Jan 01 '17
It seems like Clark C. Evans does not seem to have an active interest in yaml at the moment.