--- test: Missing value for hash item todo: true brief: | Third item in this hash doesn't have a value yaml: | okay: value also okay: ~ causes error because no value specified last key: value okay here too python-error: causes error because no value specified --- test: Not indenting enough brief: | There was a bug in PyYaml where it was off by one in the indentation check. It was allowing the YAML below. # This is actually valid YAML now. Someone should tell showell. yaml: | foo: firstline: 1 secondline: 2 php: | array('foo' => null, 'firstline' => 1, 'secondline' => 2)