Design Justifications

StrictYAML is the result of some carefully considered, although controversial design decisions. These are justified here.

• What is wrong with duplicate keys?
• What is wrong with explicit tags?
• What is wrong with flow-style YAML?
• The Norway Problem - why StrictYAML refuses to do implicit typing and so should you
• What is wrong with node anchors and references?
• Why does StrictYAML not parse direct representations of Python objects?
• Why does StrictYAML only parse from strings and not files?
• Why is parsing speed not a high priority for StrictYAML?
• What is syntax typing?
• Why does StrictYAML make you define a schema in Python - a Turing-complete language?

If you have seen a relevant counterargument to you'd like to link to addressed at StrictYAML, please create a pull request and link to it in the relevant document.

If you'd like to write your own rebuttal to any argument raised here, raise a ticket and issue a pull request linking to it at the end of the document.