From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-06-08T06:41:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Possible YAML bug with quoted symbols?

Hi --

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Logan Capaldo wrote:

>
> On Jun 7, 2006, at 2:53 PM, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Logan Capaldo wrote:
>> 
>>> ara, try this:
>>> 
>>> % irb
>>> irb(main):001:0> require 'yaml'
>>> => true
>>> irb(main):002:0> sym = :"a symbol"
>>> => :"a symbol"
>>> irb(main):003:0> sym == sym
>>> => true
>>> irb(main):004:0> sym == YAML.load(YAML.dump(sym))
>>> => false
>>> irb(main):005:0> sym
>>> => :"a symbol"
>>> irb(main):006:0> YAML.load(YAML.dump(sym))
>>> => :"\"a symbol\""
>>> irb(main):007:0> VERSION
>>> => "1.8.4"
>>> 
>>> Looks like a bug to me.
>> 
>> 
>>
>>  harp:~ > irb -r yaml
>>  irb(main):001:0> sym = :"a symbol"
>>  => :"a symbol"
>>  irb(main):002:0> sym == sym
>>  => true
>>  irb(main):003:0> sym == YAML.load(YAML.dump(sym))
>>  => true
>>  irb(main):004:0> sym
>>  => :"a symbol"
>>  irb(main):005:0> YAML.load(YAML.dump(sym))
>>  => :"a symbol"
>>  irb(main):006:0> VERSION
>>  => "1.8.4"
>> 
>> 
>> looks like a bad ruby to me.  a package installer?  mine is compiled on rhe 
>> and
>> seems to work fine?
>> 
>> 
>> -a
>> -- 
>> suffering increases your inner strength.  also, the wishing for suffering
>> makes the suffering disappear.
>> - h.h. the 14th dali lama
>> 
>
> Compiled from source on OS X. Yay! A platform-specific problem. My favorite.

I think it's a platform-specific solution -- that is, it only works on
Ara's computer :-)  I get the same results you get, on my Mac and on
a PC running Fedora.  I guess RHE must have patched Ruby in some way.


David

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