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I never could get Nix working but maybe someone will

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[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nothing too major about how it's usually used, but the yaml spec does allow arbitrary code execution when parsing a file and relies on the parser to have that feature disabled: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML#Security

That's why for python, yaml.save_load() is a thing. That's fine for your local config files and may even be a feature for you, but it shouldn't be used to exchange information between services.

[–] infeeeee@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My general view is similar, yaml is better if it should be written by humans, json is better if it should be written and read only by a machine. but hyprspace uses json for configuration, so I don't really understand cellardoor's comment

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah I agree. Although recently I've become partial to toml... In the end I'll use what's common in the ecosystem I'm developing in

[–] FierySpectre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Xml has entered the chat

[–] netvor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

nit: you mean yaml.safe_load().

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Oh yeah, of course.