YAML¶

YAML is a common format for web data interchange.

Non-Conformance¶

The following are not yet supported:

• Multiline strings:

  include_newlines: |
              exactly as you see
              will appear these three
              lines of poetry
  

• Abbreviated lists:

  first-name: [Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat]
  

• Abbreviated dictionaries:

  martin: {name: Martin D'vloper, job: Developer, skill: Elite}
  

• Quoted strings:

  foo: "quote, double"
  bar: 'quote, single'
  

• Escaped quotes:

  foo: "Hello \"World\"."
  bar: 'Hello \'World\'.'
  

• Avoid escaping quotes:

  spamm: 'avoid escaping "double quote"'
  eggs: "avoid escaping 'single quote'"
  

• Newlines:

  foo: "Hello \n World."
  

• Booleans:

  foo: True