Re: Possible bug with null document in libyaml
Ingy dot Net <[email protected]>
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On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Bill Spitzak <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay I agree that a blank should be a "null" and not a zero-length scalar. > > It does appear that my solution for scalars (which is to force the quoting > on for a zero-length one) matches the proposed solution. > > However it still means that a blank file is different than one that has a > "---" in it. A blank file is nothing, but a single "---" is a single null. > So I think the problem still exists: libyaml on output, if told to write > nothing other than a null, will have to write it somehow other than a blank > file. > I agree with Bill. No matter how the libyaml options are set, libyaml (or any other implementation for that matter) should not produce an incorrect YAML representation. So it's a bug in libyaml. Kirill, I'll try to patch libyaml and pyyaml. Cheers, Ingy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Yaml-core mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/yaml-core