[tap-l] User Supplied YAML Diagnostic Keys: Descriptive Version

Michael G Schwern schwern at pobox.com
Sun Apr 13 19:37:11 UTC 2008


David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Apr 13, 2008, at 10:41, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> 
>> Two possible solutions:
>>
>> A)  Just reserve ASCII [a-z].  This is very easy to check for but I'm 
>> worried it's carving out too small a space.
> 
> Why would it be too small? I mean, that's a *lot* of words you can use.

I don't have any particular reason.  Just a feeling that "7-bit ASCII should 
be good enough for anyone" is not such a safe position for anything wanting to 
look forward.


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