[LRUG] On json and yaml

[Graham Ashton]

On 29 Apr 2014, at 16:28, Rory Sinclair <rory at asmallworld.net> wrote:

> So, provided you use Ruby to actually generate, write and then read the yaml or json or <insert format> files, and provided those formats have rules to handle escaping / encoding problematic content, you should be fine.

I agree, but I’d definitely choose JSON. I think it’s less likely to change in an incompatible manner with the passage of time.

I’ve been bitten by supposedly standard serialisation formats evolving in ways that break when read by updated code several times over the years (and one of those formats was Yaml, when a syntax change meant I had to use an old version of Ruby when releasing gems for the best part of a year).


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