YAML syntax for Salt and Python -

what diference between this:

dic1:    - subdict1.1: value11.1   - subdict1.2: value1.2   - cubdict1.3: value1.3 

and this:

dict2:   subdict2.1: value2.2   subdict2.1: value2.2   subdict2.3: value2.3 

i know first 1 evaluates list of dictionaries. second one? isn't list of dictionaries?

no, nested dictionary.

example

yaml code:

first_level_dict_key:   second_level_dict_key: value_in_second_level_dict 

results in python:

{     'first_level_dict_key': {         'second_level_dict_key': 'value_in_second_level_dict'     } } 

explanation salt docs.

rule two: colons

python dictionaries are, of course, key-value pairs. users other languages may recognize data type hashes or associative arrays.

dictionary keys represented in yaml strings terminated trailing colon. values represented either string following colon, separated space