Yaml & SortKeys in 1.8.4

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IIRC, in a previous version, I was able to make more
human-friendly YAML using the :SortKeys option as shown below.

Since upgrading to 1.8.4 the keys seem not to be sorted anymore.
Has the way of doing this changed? I hope this feature hasn't
gone away. The main reason we're using YAML instead of XML is
that it was more human-readable, and the SortKeys option added
a major part of the human-readability.

irb(main):016:0> puts( {1,'a',2,'b',3,'c',4,'d',5,'d'}.to_yaml(:Indent=>1,:SortKeys=>true))

···

---
5: d
1: a
2: b
3: c
4: d
=> nil

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Ron M wrote:

IIRC, in a previous version, I was able to make more
human-friendly YAML using the :SortKeys option as shown below.

Since upgrading to 1.8.4 the keys seem not to be sorted anymore.
Has the way of doing this changed? I hope this feature hasn't
gone away. The main reason we're using YAML instead of XML is
that it was more human-readable, and the SortKeys option added
a major part of the human-readability.

irb(main):016:0> puts(
{1,'a',2,'b',3,'c',4,'d',5,'d'}.to_yaml(:Indent=>1,:SortKeys=>true))
---
5: d
1: a
2: b
3: c
4: d
=> nil

It grieves me also. I submitted a request to:

http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/syck/ticket/3

In the interim, you can load the following patch whenever you want to
get sorted hash keys (for all hashes, unfortunately).

class Hash
  def to_yaml( opts = {} )
    YAML::quick_emit( object_id, opts ) do |out|
      out.map( taguri, to_yaml_style ) do |map|
        sorted_keys = keys
        sorted_keys = begin
          sorted_keys.sort
        rescue
          sorted_keys.sort_by {|k| k.to_s} rescue sorted_keys
        end

        sorted_keys.each do |k|
          map.add( k, fetch(k) )
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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