yml module loader

[MagnusOstertag]

Just to get some general feedback. Resolves #853

[renefritze]

Maybe the spec doc could also show the alternative array notation for those not familiar with YAML?

[pmli]

Does it make sense to use JSON instead of YAML? At least there is a JSON parser in the standard library...

[renefritze]

Does it make sense to use JSON instead of YAML? At least there is a JSON parser in the standard library...

IMO plain JSON is harder for humans to write or read. I'd consider TOML a somewhat practical alternative, but would still prefer YAML.

[pmli]

Does it make sense to use JSON instead of YAML? At least there is a JSON parser in the standard library...

IMO plain JSON is harder for humans to write or read. I'd consider TOML a somewhat practical alternative, but would still prefer YAML.

Ok, then this might be a good reason for me to learn YAML. Regarding TOML, there is at least a PEP proposing to add a TOML parser to the standard library. There is configparser in the standard library, but I don't know how useful it is for this case.

[sdrave]

Does it make sense to use JSON instead of YAML? At least there is a JSON parser in the standard library...

IMO plain JSON is harder for humans to write or read. I'd consider TOML a somewhat practical alternative, but would still prefer YAML.

Ok, then this might be a good reason for me to learn YAML. Regarding TOML, there is at least a PEP proposing to add a TOML parser to the standard library. There is configparser in the standard library, but I don't know how useful it is for this case.

Nobody uses TOML, at least compared to YAML.

[codecov[bot]]

Codecov Report

Merging #1565 (ba62f66) into main (d69e1be) will decrease coverage by 10.96%. The diff coverage is 16.66%.

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src/pymor/models/loader.py	16.66% <16.66%> (ø)
src/pymordemos/fenics_nonlinear.py	0.00% <0.00%> (-97.30%)	:arrow_down:
src/pymordemos/neural_networks_instationary.py	0.00% <0.00%> (-97.02%)	:arrow_down:
src/pymordemos/neural_networks.py	0.00% <0.00%> (-96.43%)	:arrow_down:
src/pymor/reductors/neural_network.py	1.01% <0.00%> (-93.27%)	:arrow_down:
src/pymordemos/neural_networks_fenics.py	0.00% <0.00%> (-92.96%)	:arrow_down:
src/pymor/models/neural_network.py	4.28% <0.00%> (-91.43%)	:arrow_down:
src/pymor/tools/io/vtk.py	3.44% <0.00%> (-91.38%)	:arrow_down:
src/pymor/bindings/fenics.py	0.46% <0.00%> (-83.73%)	:arrow_down:
src/pymortests/mpi_run_demo_tests.py	2.12% <0.00%> (-78.73%)	:arrow_down:
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[sdrave]

Closing due to inactivity.