Re: Add YAML option to explain

Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com>

From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-08-28T21:42:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
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> How many lines of code does YAML support add to the codebase?

About 80.

> While I personally like YAML, it's not like it has broad industry
> support.  And people wouldn't interface with the XML or JSON directly;
> they'd use a library for that.  That's the whole point of having those
> outputs.

Not sure how one measures "broad industry support" or why we would care
that much. Nor do I wish to turn this thread into a YAML flamewar.
It's a small patch that should be useful to the many people that
prefer to program using YAML.

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