YAML and tabbed tokens?

[NadavK]

I am running "resolve" on a YAML file with tabs instead of spaces, and receive the following error:

"stack": "while scanning for the next token\nfound character \t that cannot start any token\n  on line 3, column 1\n    at ScannerError.YAMLError

[whitlockjc]

Tabs seem to be forbidden in YAML (http://www.yaml.org/faq.html) and the YAML specification itself says that tab characters cannot be used for variable indentation (http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2777534) If you use tabs elsewhere, like multi-line strings, it seems to be permitted to use tabs. js-yaml is in the process of fixing it's assumptions about tabs: nodeca/js-yaml#80

[NadavK]

Thanks for taking the time to explain! (sorry for not checking myself)