Re: Add YAML option to explain

Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>

From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
To: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-08-28T20:32:56Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
* Greg Sabino Mullane:

>> I thought the consensus was that we didn't want to get into supporting
>> more formats. What does YAML provide that JSON does not?
>
> Readability and easy editing. All the power of JSON without the
> annoying quotes, braces, and brackets.

But YAML is much more difficult to parse than JSON.  Anybody who can
afford a YAML parser can also afford a JSON parser, it is miniscule in
comparison. 8-)