From: brabuhr@... Date: 2009-07-24T00:37:51+09:00 Subject: Re: YAML interpretation On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Karan Rajput wrote: > Ryan Davis wrote: >> On Jul 23, 2009, at 01:27 , Karan Rajput wrote: >> >>> - one >>> >>> above consistent format? >> yaml only provides the extra characters when the result would be >> ambiguous. "- one" can't be seen as anything other than an array >> element with the string one in it. "- 4,6" is ambiguous, so yaml >> provides the extra quotes to disambiguate. I suggest you use a real >> yaml parser instead of relying on regexps and duct tape. The spec is >> well written and very clear about such things. > > Hi Ryan, > > Thanks for suggestion. But I am not clear about real yaml parser. As i > am using yaml package in ruby. What is the other person's database program using to process the file? ("regexps and duct tape" or "a real yaml parser")