>>> >>> >> But the payoff is you don't need code completion! You just put in a )/}/] or >> so, and your code is completed! Any yes, any competent text editor can check >> for braces mismatches etc. >> >> I recognize the concern, I just don't see it as valid. I've been programming >> in Python for twenty years now. I won't say it's always the case, but in a >> large number of cases, the terseness you gain in your code more than offsets >> things like code completion, static analysis, etc. >> >> And yes, I specifically intend this to apply to XML. I can't see how moving >> to a YAML model would be anything but a win for maven. >> > > http://github.com/sonatype/polyglot-maven/blob/master/pmaven-yaml/src/test/resources/pom.config.yml > > Already works with Maven's current core. Along with Scala, Clojure, and Ruby. > > A fact to note though is that I've asked over 2k people over the last two > years at talks and in any average crowd the people who care to have a > different format or DSL is around 3%. >
Me too. Xml verbosity and usage is sincerely not the major complain I received when doing various talks. And Maven 3.x will help those who are allergic to it. Arnaud --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
