Greg Smith wrote: > That's a step backwards. By providing JSON format, we've also satisfied > people who want YAML. Ripping out JSON would mean we *only* support > YAML. There are far many more JSON parsers than YAML parsers, which is > why I thought the current code committed was good enough.
XML parsers are common enough IMHO the other computer readable formats can't be that important from a computer-readability perspective, leaving their main benefit as being human friendly. I like YAML output; but I think the most compelling arguments against the patch are that if so many people want different formats it may be a good use case for external modules. And far more than yaml output, I'd like to see a flexible module system with an equivalent of "cpan install yaml" or "gem install yaml". I suppose one could argue that instead of YAML we design a different human-oriented format for loosely structured data; but that seems even harder. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
