From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-08-25T04:39:44+09:00
Subject: Re: inline yaml arrays (was Re: YAML or CSV?)

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, why the lucky stiff wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 04:17:51AM +0900, Nicolas Despr�s wrote:
> > On 8/24/06, Peter Bailey <pbailey@bna.com> wrote:
> > >So, all of the "data" entries in your "filename" arrays are simply
> > >values? So, each "filename" row is an array in itself? Is that what you
> > >mean by "inline array?"
> > 
> > No. I used this phrase because it is the one used in the Yaml cookbook:
> > 
> > http://yaml4r.sourceforge.net/cookbook/
> > 
> > I just said that there are two ways to write an array in Yaml:
> > 
> > - foo
> > - bar
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > [ foo, bar ]
> 
> Right, the 'inline' is a formatting style.
> 
>   >> require 'yaml'
>   => true
> 
>   >> ary = [1,2,3]
>   => [1, 2, 3]
> 
>   >> y ary
>   --- 
>   - 1
>   - 2
>   - 3
>   => nil
> 
>   >> def ary.to_yaml_style; :inline; end
>   => nil
> 
>   >> y ary
>   --- [1, 2, 3]
>   => nil
> 
> _why

hi _why-

i really rely on this these days - please don't change!  ;-)

-a
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