From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-11-22T04:40:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem with Pickaxe and Yaml

On Nov 21, 2005, at 1:36 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> On Nov 21, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Mark Haliday wrote:
>
>> I've got the Pickaxe book (2nd edition) and was doing some of the  
>> Yaml
>> code on page 417.  I cannot seem to get the expected results.
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> require 'yaml'
>>
>> class Special
>>
>>     def initialize(valuable, volatile, precious)
>>         @valuable = valuable
>>         @volatile = volatile
>>         @precious = precious
>>     end
>
> attr_reader :valuable
>
>>     def to_yaml_properties
>>         %w{@precious @valuable}
>>     end
>>
>>     def to_s
>>         "#@valuable #@volatile #@precious"
>>     end
>> end
>>
>> obj = Special.new("Hello", "there", "world")
>> data = YAML.dump(obj)
>> obj = YAML.load(data)
>>
>> puts obj["valuable"]
>
> puts obj.valuable

Oops, ignore that junk and pay attention to the others who actually  
read the problem.  ;)

James Edward Gray II