Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'json': 0.07; 'welcome.': 0.07; 'friday,': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'wrote': 0.14; 'anyway': 0.14; '24,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'unlike': 0.19; 'skip:n 60': 0.24; 'least': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'installed': 0.27; 'xml': 0.29; 'comments': 0.31; 'probably': 0.32; 'received:co.za': 0.34; 'received:za': 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'installing': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'january': 0.37; 'too': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'frank': 0.68; 'received:41': 0.70 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: "Frank Millman" Subject: Re: Python declarative Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:06:00 +0200 References: <8fde6d34-47c5-49a1-a6d0-9ffe3df2d401@googlegroups.com> <39e1dd33-2162-40ea-8676-d27c8360aff3@googlegroups.com> X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 41-135-111-135.dsl.mweb.co.za X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.3790.4657 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4913 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1390568774 news.xs4all.nl 2974 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:41345 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:64679 "Rustom Mody" wrote in message news:39e1dd33-2162-40ea-8676-d27c8360aff3@googlegroups.com... > On Friday, January 24, 2014 2:51:12 PM UTC+5:30, Frank Millman wrote: > Comments welcome. > > Of json/XML/yml I prefer yml because it has the terseness of json and the > structuredness of xml -- well almost > > The flipside is that pyyaml needs to be installed unlike json. > But then you are installing lxml anyway Thanks for that, Rustom. I had a quick look and I like it. Probably too big a change for me to consider at the moment, but at least I am now aware of it. Frank