I never could get Nix working but maybe someone will

  • infeeeee@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago
    what:
      is:
      your:
        - problem
        - with:
          YAML
    # At least you can have comments unlike in json. Who need comments in a config file anyway.
    
    • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Nothing too major about how it’s usually used, but the yaml spec does allow arbitrary code execution when parsing a file and relies on the parser to have that feature disabled: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML#Security

      That’s why for python, yaml.save_load() is a thing. That’s fine for your local config files and may even be a feature for you, but it shouldn’t be used to exchange information between services.

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        3 days ago

        My general view is similar, yaml is better if it should be written by humans, json is better if it should be written and read only by a machine. but hyprspace uses json for configuration, so I don’t really understand cellardoor’s comment

    • Zangoose@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Hey did you know that any JSON file is also a valid YAML file? I bet you’ll love YAML a lot more now that you have this information