Re: Add YAML option to explain - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Ron Mayer
Subject Re: Add YAML option to explain
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Msg-id 4A987034.4030403@cheapcomplexdevices.com
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In response to Re: Add YAML option to explain  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Add YAML option to explain  ("Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On fre, 2009-08-28 at 20:13 +0000, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
>> Readability and easy editing. All the power of JSON without the
>> annoying quotes, braces, and brackets.
> 
> But these are supposed to be machine-readable formats.  So readability
> and editability are not high priority criteria.
> 

Greg, can we see a few examples of the YAML output compared to
both json and text?

IMVHO, an advantage of YAML is human readability of structured
data even compared to most non-computer-parseable human-intended
text formats.   But maybe that's just because I read too much yaml.



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