From: Benny <linux@...>
Date: 2004-04-19T22:59:06+09:00
Subject: Re: YAML question: calling a method

Asfand Yar Qazi wrote:

> Benny wrote:
>> hi,
>> 
>> from what I've learned from the yaml.rb docs I can initialize an object
>> in YAML with
>> 
>> !ruby/object:Classname
>>  para1: val1
>>  para2: val2
>> 
>> now how can I call a specific method of this object (in YAML as well)?
>> 
> 
> YAML is only a serialisation language... its not a programming language.
>   It holds data, it can't perform operations on that data.
> 

I only want to place the result of some methods in the YAML-data (as
placeholder) so that it is at the right place when the YAML-file gets
parsed by yaml.rb (see my other posting). 

I want to use YAML as template-language for controlling what is done by the
parsing (interpreting) ruby script - not as programming language.


> 
> 
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