From: Guillaume Marcais Date: 2004-10-23T05:47:09+09:00 Subject: YAML bug with : in strings? $ irb irb(main):001:0> require 'yaml' => true irb(main):002:0> YAML::load(":not_a_symbol".to_yaml).class => Symbol The original object was a string starting with ':', not a symbol. Guillaume.