From: David Bailey <david.bailey@...>
Date: 2006-04-21T01:33:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Write Out Then Read In Hash of Two-element Arrays

unknown wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, David Bailey wrote:
> 
>>
>> David
> 
> it's a serialization format, not a metalanguage.  the thing is it's a
> __readable__ one:
> 
>      harp:~ > cat a.rb
>      require 'yaml'
> 
>      hash = {
>        "a" => 0,
>        "b" => 1,
>        "c" => 2,
>      }
> 
>      open('hash','w'){|f| f.write hash.to_yaml}
>      open('hash'){|f| print f.read}
>      hash = open('hash'){|f| YAML::load f}
>      p hash
> 
> 
>      harp:~ > ruby a.rb
>      ---
>      a: 0
>      b: 1
>      c: 2
>      {"a"=>0, "b"=>1, "c"=>2}
> 
> regards.
> 
> -a

Yes, thank you for jogging my memory!  Now that yo mention it, I do 
recall reading about yaml in the pickaxe book.  It slipped off the edge 
of my mind, I guess.  Geeze, I dislike that forgetfulness thing ... 
(:>)

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