There is no mature yaml library for erlang

Question

Is there a mature and stable YAML library for Erlang that someone has actually used? I can't seem to find one anywhere

Update: I have searched and searched and still not found one

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '13 at 15:07

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Yamler seems like a good library.

answered Jan 31 '13 at 15:07

cashmere

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 07 '10 at 16:36

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answered Mar 07 '10 at 16:36

gleber

Thanks, it seems to be able to parse basic YAML which is good. – yazz.com Mar 07 '10 at 19:04
I'll keep searching for one which can also edit the parsed tree and generate YAML from it. – yazz.com Mar 07 '10 at 19:05
Your right, I should implement one, but I'll admit I am not really a very good developer and I dont have the first clue as to how to go about implementing this – yazz.com Mar 08 '10 at 20:58
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It's the middle of 2011 and still no serious yaml implementation for Erlang. My work-around was to use python and pyyaml to load the yaml file, print it as an erlang term and then have erlang parse that. An idea for a real erlang yaml parser would be to wrap libyaml with NIFs. This would only provide an event stream; another layer would need to be written on top of that (probably in pure erlang) to form a nice structured erlang term. – goertzenator Jun 30 '11 at 16:54

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 12 '14 at 03:59

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answered Dec 12 '14 at 03:59

erlanger

have you ever tried this? I tried and found it can't work. I run this `yamerl_constr:string("Hello World!").` and it shows some erorrs,I use R15 version. – sherlock Dec 09 '15 at 03:21
@sherlock: You need to start the `yamerl` application first: `application:start(yamerl), yamerl_constr:string("Hello World!"). % Returns ["Hello World!"]` – Jean-Sébastien Pédron Oct 29 '16 at 23:33

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