From: d c <lister@...>
Date: 2007-08-02T14:56:18+09:00
Subject: ordered hashes/ yaml?

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hi -

i understand hashes dont keep their order in ruby, so wondering what the
most elegant way to create some YAML that i want to maintain order is...

for a simple menu system, i have a YAML file currently as:

section1:
  link1: home
  link2: my page
  link3: logout

section2:
  ... etc

but after reading in thru YAML::load  this can come out as a different
order. eg the logout button first...

but to keep this as an array, it seems nasty to step thru and read
pairs/skip in twos thru the array:

section:
 { link1, home, link2, mypage ... }


on the subject, what do people like as a clear examples site? the spec does
its best to make YAML as unreadable as XML...
http://yaml.org/spec/current.html#id2540046


http://yaml4r.sourceforge.net/cookbook/
seems good

thanks!

/dc

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