Re: leading tabs in block scalar lines

Yes, you are right, this is a bug in example 8.2. It should read
"\t\ndetected" instead of "\t detected". Nice catch!

I really should release a new patch version with the errata that has
collected...

Thanks,

    Oren Ben-Kiki

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Jesse Beder <beder-d0mtIEKrxfl4piUD7e9S/[email protected]> wrote:

> Compare "Example 6.7. Block Folding" with "Example 8.2. Block
> Indentation Indicator":
>
> In Example 6.7, the tab is viewed as "content space", which means the
> newlines on each side of it are kept.
> In Example 8.2, it appears that the tab is just viewed as content, so
> the newline after it is folded to a space.
>
> I think Example 8.2 is incorrect. Libyaml/pyyaml agrees with me:
>
> >>> yaml.load('- >\n \t\n foo')     # Example 8.2 claims we'll get ['\t
> foo']
> ['\t\nfoo']
> >>> yaml.load('- >\n t\n foo')      # like we would here
> ['t foo']
>
> Thanks,
> Jesse
>
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