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The YAML Specification is independent of the YAML perl package.

I use YAML for all my human-readable configuration files and have even used YAML for this specific purpose. Here's a sample test from the test suite (actions map directly to Test::WWW::Mechanize methods):

- url: BLAH.cgi
  title_is: My Spiffy Page
  actions:
    - submit_form_ok:
        form_name: magic_form
        fields:
          mstat: M
          mtype: 99
    - contains:
        - Mbr First
        - Mbr Last
    - lacks:
        - Amt Due
    - submit_form_ok:
        form_name: magic_form
        fields:
          # delcd will still be 'A'
          mstat: ""
          amdue: 50
          chk_amdue: checked
    - contains:
        - Mbr First
        - Mbr Last
        - Amt Due
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Update: My employer (National Financial Management) has granted me permission to modify and release the test driver for these files on CPAN. Watch for Test::WWW::Mechanize::YAML on CPAN!

Update 2: Released Test::WWW::Mechanize::Driver on CPAN!

Good Day,
Dean

In reply to Re: Human readable/writable serialization alternatives to YAML and XML ? by duelafn
in thread Human readable/writable serialization alternatives to YAML and XML ? by mandog

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