From: RubyQuestions@... (RubyQuestions)
Date: 2003-12-05T01:22:06+09:00
Subject: Re: YAML Question:  Using YAML::YamlNode#transform Method to get float values?

Thanks for the help.

why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@whytheluckystiff.net> wrote in message news:<200312031207.37967.ruby-talk@whytheluckystiff.net>...
> 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