I'm searching and searching... but I can not find the
documentation for Psych on <http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/>.
If I am not mistaken it practically replaces YAML and is part
of the standard library.
It is referenced from the YAML "documentation"
(a term hardly applicable in this case), but on the
referenced page there is no information at all, see
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/yaml/rdoc/Psych.html
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Am 19.10.2012 16:52, schrieb sto.mar@web.de:
I'm searching and searching... but I can not find the
documentation for Psych on <http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/>.If I am not mistaken it practically replaces YAML and is part
of the standard library.
Try http://rdoc.info/stdlib/psych/frames/Psych
Extracting docs from the Ruby source is not straightforward, so sometimes ruby-doc.org and rdoc.info will have differing levels of information.
-Justin
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On 10/19/2012 07:52 AM, sto.mar@web.de wrote:
I'm searching and searching... but I can not find the
documentation for Psych on <http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/>.If I am not mistaken it practically replaces YAML and is part
of the standard library.
`ri Psych` works great. See below. That said, you shouldn't be using Psych directly. Use YAML instead:
% ri19 YAML
= YAML
(from ruby core)
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On Oct 19, 2012, at 07:52 , sto.mar@web.de wrote:
I'm searching and searching... but I can not find the
documentation for Psych on <http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/>.If I am not mistaken it practically replaces YAML and is part
of the standard library.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The YAML module allows you to use one of the two YAML engines that ship with
ruby. By default Psych is used but the old and unmaintained Syck may be
chosen.
See Psych or Syck for usage and documentation.
To set the YAML engine to syck:
YAML::ENGINE.yamler = 'syck'
To set the YAML engine back to psych:
YAML::ENGINE.yamler = 'psych'
...
% ri19 Psych
= Psych
(from ruby core)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This exists just to satify bugs in marshal'd gemspecs that contain a reference
to YAML::PrivateType. We prune these out in Specification._load, but if we
don't have the constant, Marshal blows up.
This exists just to satify bugs in marshal'd gemspecs that contain a reference
to YAML::PrivateType. We prune these out in Specification._load, but if we
don't have the constant, Marshal blows up.
= Overview
Psych is a YAML parser and emitter. Psych leverages
libyaml[http://libyaml.org] for it's YAML parsing and emitting capabilities.
In addition to wrapping libyaml, Psych also knows how to serialize and
de-serialize most Ruby objects to and from the YAML format.
= I NEED TO PARSE OR EMIT YAML RIGHT NOW!
# Parse some YAML
Psych.load("--- foo") # => "foo"
# Emit some YAML
Psych.dump("foo") # => "--- foo\n...\n"
{ :a => 'b'}.to_yaml # => "---\n:a: b\n"
Got more time on your hands? Keep on reading!
== YAML Parsing
Psych provides a range of interfaces for parsing a YAML document ranging from
low level to high level, depending on your parsing needs. At the lowest
level, is an event based parser. Mid level is access to the raw YAML AST, and
at the highest level is the ability to unmarshal YAML to ruby objects.
=== Low level parsing
The lowest level parser should be used when the YAML input is already known,
and the developer does not want to pay the price of building an AST or
automatic detection and conversion to ruby objects. See Psych::Parser for
more information on using the event based parser.
=== Mid level parsing
Psych provides access to an AST produced from parsing a YAML document. This
tree is built using the Psych::Parser and Psych::TreeBuilder. The AST can be
examined and manipulated freely. Please see Psych::parse_stream,
Psych::Nodes, and Psych::Nodes::Node for more information on dealing with YAML
syntax trees.
=== High level parsing
The high level YAML parser provided by Psych simply takes YAML as input and
returns a Ruby data structure. For information on using the high level parser
see Psych.load
== YAML Emitting
Psych provides a range of interfaces ranging from low to high level for
producing YAML documents. Very similar to the YAML parsing interfaces, Psych
provides at the lowest level, an event based system, mid-level is building a
YAML AST, and the highest level is converting a Ruby object straight to a YAML
document.
=== Low level emitting
The lowest level emitter is an event based system. Events are sent to a
Psych::Emitter object. That object knows how to convert the events to a YAML
document. This interface should be used when document format is known in
advance or speed is a concern. See Psych::Emitter for more information.
=== Mid level emitting
At the mid level is building an AST. This AST is exactly the same as the AST
used when parsing a YAML document. Users can build an AST by hand and the AST
knows how to emit itself as a YAML document. See Psych::Nodes,
Psych::Nodes::Node, and Psych::TreeBuilder for more information on building a
YAML AST.
=== High level emitting
The high level emitter has the easiest interface. Psych simply takes a Ruby
data structure and converts it to a YAML document. See Psych.dump for more
information on dumping a Ruby data structure.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
= Constants:
DEPRECATED:
[not documented]
ENGINE:
[not documented]
LIBYAML_VERSION:
The version of libyaml Psych is using
VERSION:
The version is Psych you're using
= Class methods:
add_private_type
add_ruby_type
detect_implicit
dump
dump_stream
libyaml_version
load
load_documents
load_file
load_stream
object_maker
parse
parse_file
parse_stream
parser
quick_emit
read_type_class
tagurize
to_json
I realise this is a bad answer, but the quickest way to get unstuck may be to download the ruby source tree and read the source.
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On 19 Oct 2012, at 09:04, sto.mar@web.de wrote:
Am 19.10.2012 16:52, schrieb sto.mar@web.de:
I'm searching and searching... but I can not find the
documentation for Psych on <http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/>.If I am not mistaken it practically replaces YAML and is part
of the standard library.It is referenced from the YAML "documentation"
(a term hardly applicable in this case), but on the
referenced page there is no information at all, see
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/yaml/rdoc/Psych.html
Thanks Ryan and Justin for your answers.
ri works fine for me but not for my students, because it's broken
on our Windows machines at school, so I let them use ruby-doc.org.
Imo missing documentation makes a bad impression, so I think I'll
open an issue.
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Am 19.10.2012 22:28, schrieb Ryan Davis:
On Oct 19, 2012, at 07:52 , sto.mar@web.de wrote:
I'm searching and searching... but I can not find the
documentation for Psych on <http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/>.
`ri Psych` works great. See below. That said, you shouldn't be using Psych directly. Use YAML instead:
Glitch in doc generation.
Should be good nowL
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/psych/rdoc/index.html
James Britt
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sto.mar@web.de wrote:
Am 19.10.2012 16:52, schrieb sto.mar@web.de:
I'm searching and searching... but I can not find the
documentation for Psych on <http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/>.If I am not mistaken it practically replaces YAML and is part
of the standard library.It is referenced from the YAML "documentation"
(a term hardly applicable in this case), but on the
referenced page there is no information at all, see
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/yaml/rdoc/Psych.html
--
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Thank you for fixing this,
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Am 21.10.2012 23:15, schrieb James Britt:
Glitch in doc generation.
Should be good nowL
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/psych/rdoc/index.html
James Britt