The yaml document from hell

• nix

  372 10,879 10.0 C++

  Nix, the purely functional package manager

  

Upvote for the shoutout to Nix

• json5-spec

  7 49 2.2 HTML

  The JSON5 Data Interchange Format

  

That's why you pick a superset of JSON that already has some adoption, like JSON5: https://spec.json5.org/

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• strictyaml

  21 1,407 1.9 Python

  Type-safe YAML parser and validator.

The example you linked provides this as an example of a YAML document that he wants his format to support.

• lua-sandbox

  1 112 10.0 Lua

  A lua sandbox for executing non-trusted code

I've not done it myself, but I think it has many ways to sandbox it. There is even a pure Lua sandbox that can block infinite loops.

• nestedtextto

  5 16 9.3 Python

  CLI to convert between NestedText and JSON, YAML, or TOML, with explicit type casting

I used the official reference implementation to make a CLI converter between NestedText and TOML, JSON, and YAML. When generating one of these formats, you can use yamlpath queries to concisely but explicitly apply supported types to data elements.

• yamlpath

  9 109 4.8 Python

  YAML/JSON/EYAML/Compatible get/set/merge/validate/scan/convert/diff processors using powerful, intuitive, command-line friendly syntax.

I used the official reference implementation to make a CLI converter between NestedText and TOML, JSON, and YAML. When generating one of these formats, you can use yamlpath queries to concisely but explicitly apply supported types to data elements.

• nestedtext

  8 334 7.6 Python

  Human readable and writable data interchange format

As /u/astatine said, an excellent but under-recognized alternative syntax for configuration files is NestedText, where everything is a string unless the ingesting code says otherwise, and there is no escaping needed ever.

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• azure-quickstart-templates

  42 13,708 9.9 Bicep

  Azure Quickstart Templates

  

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