YAML

While YAML is nice and convenient for small configuration files, it has many flaws[2], most notably the Norway problem[3] and all it's siblings. Utilizing another language that can be parsed into data is most likely a better idea for whatever usage you have in mind. For example:

• TOML
• XML
• JSON
• KDL

References

1. http://yaml.org/spec/1.2.2/
2. https://www.arp242.net/yaml-config.html
3. https://hitchdev.com/strictyaml/why/implicit-typing-removed/

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