[HN Gopher] Strings in YAML - To quote or not to quote (2018)
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       Strings in YAML - To quote or not to quote (2018)
        
       Author : DMell
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2023-01-24 20:27 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | merlincorey wrote:
       | I'm surprised in a discussion of when to quote or not quote with
       | YAML the dreaded "yes", "no", "true", "false", "on", and "off"
       | booleans didn't come up.
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       | Quoting the article:
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       | > In YAML, you can write a string without quotes, if it doesn't
       | have a special meaning.
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       | Yeah, about that...
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | AceJohnny2 wrote:
         | it's indeed a big _if_ ;)
         | 
         | What parent refers to, YAML's Norway Problem:
         | https://hitchdev.com/strictyaml/why/implicit-typing-removed/
        
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