You're kidding, right??!?

I've given up sliced bread for breakfast in favour of YAML! I've done a number of projects which have a lot of configuration, and YAML makes this as easy as pie. Or sliced bread.

Call me a liar, ... oh you did already... but which of these is easier to read and maintain: 


#### YAML #####
feed_config:
    file:
        type:               xml
        pattern:            *.xml    
    record_tag:             Group1
    object_tags:
        notice:             .
        event:              .Event
        contact:            .
        image:              .
    field_map:
        notice:
            urn:            URN
            notice_type:    Class
            source:         Pub
            create_date:    Pubdate
            text:           Text
            text2:          Sample
        contact:
            email:          Email
            firstname:      Contact
            surname:        Contact
        event:
            title:          Title
            event_type:     Type
            date:           Date
            start_time:     StartTime
            end_time:       EndTime
        image:
            urn:            URN
    translations:
        notice:
            notice_type:
                BMD - Deaths:       memorial
            source:
                Daily Express:      de
            create_date:            '{(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)}{20$3/$2/$1}'
        event:
            event_type:
                Funeral:                    funeral

#### PERL #####
$feed_config = {
    'object_tags' => { 'notice'  => '.',
                       'contact' => '.',
                       'event'   => '.Event',
                       'image'   => '.'
    },
    'translations' => {
        'notice' => {
            'source'      => { 'Daily Express' => 'de' },
            'notice_type' => { 'BMD - Deaths'  => 'memorial' },
            'create_date' => '{(\\d+)/(\\d+)/(\\d+)}{20$3/$2/$1}'
        },
        'event' => { 'event_type' => { 'Funeral' => 'funeral' } }
    },
    'record_tag' => 'Group1',
    'file'       => {
                'pattern' => '*.xml',
                'type'    => 'xml'
    },
    'field_map' => { 'notice' => { 'source'      => 'Pub',
                                   'text2'       => 'Sample',
                                   'notice_type' => 'Class',
                                   'urn'         => 'URN',
                                   'text'        => 'Text',
                                   'create_date' => 'Pubdate'
                     },
                     'contact' => { 'firstname' => 'Contact',
                                    'email'     => 'Email',
                                    'surname'   => 'Contact'
                     },
                     'event' => { 'end_time'   => 'EndTime',
                                  'date'       => 'Date',
                                  'event_type' => 'Type',
                                  'start_time' => 'StartTime',
                                  'title'      => 'Title'
                     },
                     'image' => { 'urn' => 'URN' }
    }
};

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Granted, I can't see any purpose at all in using it for logging...

In reply to Re^2: YAML for logs? by clinton
in thread YAML for logs? by blazar

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