From: Ara.T.Howard@...
Date: 2004-10-23T06:14:13+09:00
Subject: Re: YAML bug with : in strings?

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Guillaume Marcais wrote:

> $ 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.

you can get around this (if it is not a bug) by quoting the string:

   [nrt@bligh filters]$ ruby -r yaml -e 'p YAML::load(%q(":not_a_symbol").to_yaml).class'
   String

regards.

-a
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