YAML Parser

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It seems like a lot of Flash people don’t like working with XML in AS. Well, a pretty popular alternative, common in Ruby, PHP, Rails, etc. is YAML.

I was just wondering, why isn’t there any interest in this from Flash people? It’s, uh, really easy. Somebody here should write a parser for it. :slight_smile:

Just a sample array of Strings:

- item one
- item two
- item three

And a much more complicated example (http://www.yaml.org/start.html):

--- !clarkevans.com/^invoice
invoice: 34843
date   : 2001-01-23
bill-to: &id001
    given  : Chris
    family : Dumars
    address:
        lines: |
            458 Walkman Dr.
            Suite #292
        city    : Royal Oak
        state   : MI
        postal  : 48046
ship-to: *id001
product:
    - sku         : BL394D
      quantity    : 4
      description : Basketball
      price       : 450.00
    - sku         : BL4438H
      quantity    : 1
      description : Super Hoop
      price       : 2392.00
tax  : 251.42
total: 4443.52
comments: >
    Late afternoon is best.
    Backup contact is Nancy
    Billsmer @ 338-4338.

A nice introduction, too: http://yaml.kwiki.org/?YamlInFiveMinutes