Re: PyYAML yaml.load() appears to be alphabetizing input

Dictionaries in yamj are not ordered, so the output can be in any
implementation-specific order.

On 4/26/08, Erich Zigler <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am having a frustrating issue with using PyYAML. I am loading the
> following yaml file with yaml.load()
>
> ----- Begin pref.yaml -------
>
> hellanzb-pass: changeme
> hellanzb-host: localhost
>
> newzbin-interval: 8
> tvrage-interval: 300
>
> # Your news server's retention in days
> retention: 110
>
> sets:
>   - shows:
>       - Some TV Show
>       - Another TV Show
>       - "This Show: Quoted because it had a colon"
>       - Super Awesome Rodent Masters
>     timezone: US/Eastern
>     rules:
>       min-megs: 100
>       max-megs: 805
>       groups:
>         - alt.binaries.tv
>         - alt.binaries.multimedia
>
> ---- End pref.yaml ------
>
> However after I yaml.load() it and then yaml.dump() it to a new file
> the following occurs:
>
> ----- Begin newpref.yaml -----
>
> hellanzb-host: localhost
> hellanzb-pass: changeme
> newzbin-interval: 8
> retention: 110
> sets:
> -   rules:
>         groups:
>         - alt.binaries.tv
>         - alt.binaries.multimedia
>         - alt.binaries.multimedia.cartoons
>         - alt.binaries.multimedia.late-night-talkshows
>         max-megs: 805
>         min-megs: 100
>         query:
>     shows:
>       - Some TV Show
>       - Another TV Show
>       - "This Show: Quoted because it had a colon"
>       - Super Awesome Rodent Masters
>     timezone: US/Eastern
> tvrage-interval: 300
>
> ----- End newpref.yaml -----
>
> Why does it jumble things around?
>
> Here is how I am loading the yaml file:
>
> stream = file(configfile, 'r')
> config = yaml.load(stream)
>
> I have also tried:
>
> with open(configfile, 'r') as configuration:
>     config = yaml.load(configuration)
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks!
>
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