From: why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2003-12-04T04:12:21+09:00
Subject: Re: YAML Question:  Using YAML::YamlNode#transform Method to get float values?

Indeed.  Recent versions of the Ruby extension for Syck have consolidated 
handling of all yaml.org transfer methods into a single yaml_org_handler 
function (found in rubyext.c).  This function ensures that Ruby YamlNode 
objects and Syck's native SyckNode structures get handled identically.

Your custom types and ruby.yaml.org types should be handled the same in both 
1.8.0 and current versions.

_why

On Tuesday 02 December 2003 08:32 pm, David A. Black wrote:
> Hi --
>
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, RubyQuestions wrote:
> > I'm trying to use the transform method in YAML to grab the values from
> > my
> > classes.  Everything works correctly, except when I try to get the
> > price data (Floats) from my class.  I'm trying to understand if I
> > should be doing something different.
>
> In 1.8.1 CVS versions it seems to be fixed:
>
> # 1.8.0:
> $ ruby -v videos.rb
> ruby 1.8.0 (2003-08-04) [i686-linux]
> [#<YAML::Syck::DomainType:0x401df03c @domain="yaml.org,2002",
> @value="22.45", @type_id="float#fix">,
> #<YAML::Syck::DomainType:0x401deda8 @domain="yaml.org,2002",
> @value="19.72", @type_id="float#fix">]
>
> # More recent CVS:
> $ /usr/local/lib/ruby-cvs/bin/ruby -v videos.rb
> ruby 1.8.1 (2003-11-10) [i686-linux]
> [22.45, 19.72]
>
>
> David