From 8484fe3147afbf56ebe2591b1d699071fee7fac7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael DeHaan Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:18:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify YAML doesn't always use a list as external variables files are hashes. --- rst/YAMLSyntax.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst b/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst index 2a4883bbc5..cc7b18490c 100644 --- a/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst +++ b/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ is used in practice. YAML Basics ----------- -For `ansible`, every YAML file starts with a list of things -to do. Each item in the list is a list of key/value pairs, commonly +For `ansible`, nearly every YAML file starts with a list. +Each item in the list is a list of key/value pairs, commonly called a "hash" or a "dictionary". So, we need to know how to write lists and dictionaries in YAML.