From: Intransition <transfire@...>
Date: 2010-05-18T23:50:49+09:00
Subject: Re: YAML validation



On May 18, 10:19 am, Kevin Austin <nitsuani...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Thomas Sawyer wrote:
> > Don't think there is any way to do this. I suppose it might be nice if
> > there were a syntax check function, but it won't be much different
> > than actually trying to parse it. And if you are going to use the
> > result if it parses why would you want to waste time doing so twice?
> > So catching the error is really the best way to go.
>
> > ~trans
>
> That's what I thought was the case.
>
> Now for my next question
>
> after I capture my error
>
> `sort': comparison of String with nil failed (ArgumentError)
>
> how can I return to my code with my next yaml file?
>
> aka
> rescue
>  do crap
> end

probably 'next' would do if your looping over files. Also there is
'retry'.

> a good site or book would be fine

http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/tut_exceptions.html