Also there is strictyaml that validates against schemas. Don’t touch the builtin yaml module.

Thanks. I’ll include that in an update.

protobuf needs to be compiled. This introduces possibility of coder error. Just forgetting to compile and commit protobuf files after a change. This affected the electrum btc and ltc (light) wallets.

Yes, that’s certainly a downside. It also demonstrates one should not commit such generated files. A better approach is to commit the source files (in this instance message definition) and have a compilation step included in the program’s build/install recipe.

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