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+/// A program that serializes a Rust structure to YAML and pretty-prints the result
+use bat::PrettyPrinter;
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct Person {
+    name: String,
+    height: f64,
+    adult: bool,
+    children: Vec<Person>,
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let person = Person {
+        name: String::from("Anne Mustermann"),
+        height: 1.76f64,
+        adult: true,
+        children: vec![Person {
+            name: String::from("Max Mustermann"),
+            height: 1.32f64,
+            adult: false,
+            children: vec![],
+        }],
+    };
+
+    let bytes = serde_yaml::to_vec(&person).unwrap();
+    PrettyPrinter::new()
+        .language("yaml")
+        .line_numbers(true)
+        .input_from_bytes(&bytes)
+        .print()
+        .unwrap();
+}