From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-02-04T03:57:52+09:00
Subject: Re: YAML::quick_emit api change

On Sat, 4 Feb 2006, why the lucky stiff wrote:

> ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
>
>> but is a nil value by default ok?
>
> >> require 'yaml'
> >> hsh = {'to' => 'ara.t.howard@noaa.gov', 'x-mail-count' => 178223, 'from' 
> => 'why@ruby-lang.org'}
> >> hsh.to_yaml_style
> => nil
>
> If you really need to sniff, I'd use YAML::Syck::VERSION.  In case you 
> encounter someone who'se upgraded their extension.
>
> why@stungun ~ $ ~/sand/RUBY-1_8_4/bin/ruby -v -ryaml -e 'p 
> YAML::Syck::VERSION'
> ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i686-linux]
> "0.60"
>
> why@stungun ~ $ ~/sand/RUBY-1_8_3/bin/ruby -v -ryaml -e 'p 
> YAML::Syck::VERSION'
> ruby 1.8.3 (2005-09-21) [i686-linux]
> "0.60"
>
> why@stungun ~ $ ~/sand/RUBY-1_8_2/bin/ruby -v -ryaml -e 'p 
> YAML::Syck::VERSION'
> ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i686-linux]
> "0.45"
>
> There shouldn't be any 0.5x Sycks floating around in stable Ruby releases.

and where would the to_yaml_style attr come in at - which version is the break
point?

-a

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