On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 08:18:48AM -0800, Mark Glines wrote:
> > serializing data structures as `eval'able code (something that's quite
> > in vogue in the Perl world, and I regard as Pure Evil.)
> 
> Actually, I think YAML is more popular in the Perl world these days.

YAML is what I tell people they should be using instead of Data::Dumper
and eval. 

> For a simple list of config items, its about as easy to read/edit as an
> .ini file would be.  More complex data structures are also possible, and
> they look a heck of a lot nicer than XML does (in my opinion).

Agreed. It's about as intuitive and self-documenting as any
comprehensive format I've seen. 

Ben


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