Re: Breaking change between YAML 1.1 and 1.2 with multiple documents
Antoine Aubry <[email protected]>
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Ok, thanks for the clarification. On 22 July 2014 23:33, Oren Ben-Kiki <[email protected]> wrote: > Well... that's why it says "YAML 1.2 is compatible with 1.1 for *most* > practical applications - this is a minor revision.". Directives were/are > pretty rarely used in practice. There are other subtle incompatibility > issues, due to the requirement of being 100% compatible with JSON. > > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 1:05 AM, Antoine Aubry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> According to the YAML 1.1 spec >> <http://yaml.org/spec/1.1/#l-first-document>, >> >> If the document specifies no directives, it is parsed using the same >>> settings as the previous document. >>> >> >> However, the YAML 1.2 spec <http://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2800132> >> states that >> >> 9.1. Documents <http://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2800132> >>> A YAML character stream may contain several documents. Each document is >>> completely independent from the rest. >>> >> >> and makes no mention of inheriting directives from the previous document. >> This change might cause subtle bugs when using a 1.2 processor on a stream >> that was designed assuming version 1.1. Am I correctly interpreting the >> specs? >> >> In the initial paragraphs of version 1.2, it is said that >> >> The primary objective of this revision is to bring YAML into compliance >>> with JSON as an official subset. YAML 1.2 is compatible with 1.1 for most >>> practical applications - this is a minor revision. >>> >> >> This makes me wonder if this change was intentional, or if was an >> overlook. Can someone clarify? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Antoine Aubry >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and >> search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck >> Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code >> search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds >> _______________________________________________ >> Yaml-core mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/yaml-core >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Yaml-core mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/yaml-core