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Why shouldn't you use YAML to store eye tracking data? /s (lemmy.world)
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[–] nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.dev 70 points 1 day ago (6 children)

This isn't YAML, this is just sparkling JSON

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)

All yaml is just sparkling JSON.

[–] DataElemental@programming.dev 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

How do you figure?

[–] TomasEkeli@programming.dev 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Valid JSON is valid YAML.

So valid YAML can contain JSON

[–] DataElemental@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours 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 2 points 1 hour ago

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

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