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Why shouldn't you use YAML to store eye tracking data? /s (lemmynsfw.com)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Why you shouldn't use YAML

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago

The best approach would be to never use yaml for anything

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

YAML doesn't require any level of accuracy for floating point numbers, and that doc appears to have numbers large enough to run into problems for single-precision floats (maybe double too). That means different parsers could give you different results.