I agree that forking is not a very good option for such a little addition, though the YAML Python library hasn't been updated for 6 years, so there's no risk missing a big upstream update anyway.
On the other hand, your answer is not really helpful here. What would be the optimal solution to avoid this issue? Should we not care? On Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 12:28:22 PM UTC+1, Matt Martz wrote: > > I would saying forking the YAML module is an absolutely terrible idea. > > On Thursday, March 26, 2015, Warren Seine <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Ansible handles pretty well the incompatibility between YAML and Jinja >> templates with a nice, informative, explicit error message. I suppose this >> is so because writing foo: {{ bar }} is an extremely common pattern and >> most users face the error. The workaround is simple but still, annoying. >> >> Was there any thoughts about forking the YAML parser to extend the >> syntax? This kind of syntax extension is not really grammar-breaking and >> would be a nice improvement in playbooks. >> >> Regards, >> Warren. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/559ef628-7092-4d35-ae1f-7916a5f8d275%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/559ef628-7092-4d35-ae1f-7916a5f8d275%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > Matt Martz > @sivel > sivel.net > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/8f8f1882-4c7d-43be-ae8c-06b823e2e3ed%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
