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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Possible file format sample, questions, YAML vs JSON, etc.
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On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Bob Paddock (bob DOT paddock AT gmail DOT com)
[via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>> What I've sadly concluded is that it would probably be better to go with
>> JSON, like the rest of the world.  If everyone wanted YAML instead for the
>> cleanliness
>
> It was my understanding that YAML could be self-referential unlike JSON/XML?
> I can see self-referential as an advantage.

Yes, but in going through the existing format I didn't find any cases
where it would be useful.  If we wanted to store the rtree or
something it might be, but by the time you do that much a real exposed
library with language binding isn't that much harder.  There's also
the possibility to add your own anchor/id fields with you own naming
convention to JSON, giving a less perfect but still usable
representation on the script side.

Britton