yaml-cpp

FORK: A YAML parser and emitter in C++
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      1 // a sketch of what the new API might look like
      2 
      3 #include "yaml-cpp/yaml.h"
      4 #include <iostream>
      5 
      6 int main() {
      7   {
      8     // test.yaml
      9     // - foo
     10     // - primes: [2, 3, 5, 7, 11]
     11     //   odds: [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11]
     12     // - [x, y]
     13 
     14     // move-like semantics
     15     YAML::Value root = YAML::Parse("test.yaml");
     16 
     17     std::cout << root[0].as<std::string>();       // "foo"
     18     std::cout << str(root[0]);                    // "foo", shorthand?
     19     std::cout << root[1]["primes"][3].as<int>();  // "7"
     20     std::cout << root[1]["odds"][6].as<int>();    // throws?
     21 
     22     root[2].push_back(5);
     23     root[3] = "Hello, World";
     24     root[0].reset();
     25     root[0]["key"] = "value";
     26 
     27     std::cout << root;
     28     // # not sure about formatting
     29     // - {key: value}
     30     // - primes: [2, 3, 5, 7, 11]
     31     //   odds: [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11]
     32     // - [x, y, 5]
     33     // - Hello, World
     34   }
     35 
     36   {
     37     // for all copy-like commands, think of python's "name/value" semantics
     38     YAML::Value root = "Hello";  // Hello
     39     root = YAML::Sequence();     // []
     40     root[0] = 0;                 // [0]
     41     root[2] = "two";  // [0, ~, two]  # forces root[1] to be initialized to null
     42 
     43     YAML::Value other = root;  // both point to the same thing
     44     other[0] = 5;              // now root[0] is 0 also
     45     other.push_back(root);     // &1 [5, ~, two, *1]
     46     other[3][0] = 0;           // &1 [0, ~, two, *1]   # since it's a true alias
     47     other.push_back(Copy(root));  // &1 [0, ~, two, *1, &2 [0, ~, two, *2]]
     48     other[4][0] = 5;  // &1 [0, ~, two, *1, &2 [5, ~, two, *2]]  # they're
     49                       // really different
     50   }
     51 
     52   {
     53     YAML::Value node;    // ~
     54     node[0] = 1;         // [1]  # auto-construct a sequence
     55     node["key"] = 5;     // {0: 1, key: 5}  # auto-turn it into a map
     56     node.push_back(10);  // error, can't turn a map into a sequence
     57     node.erase("key");  // {0: 1}  # still a map, even if we remove the key that
     58                         // caused the problem
     59     node = "Hello";  // Hello  # assignment overwrites everything, so it's now
     60                      // just a plain scalar
     61   }
     62 
     63   {
     64     YAML::Value map;  // ~
     65     map[3] = 1;       // {3: 1}  # auto-constructs a map, *not* a sequence
     66 
     67     YAML::Value seq;         // ~
     68     seq = YAML::Sequence();  // []
     69     seq[3] = 1;              // [~, ~, ~, 1]
     70   }
     71 
     72   {
     73     YAML::Value node;  // ~
     74     node[0] = node;    // &1 [*1]  # fun stuff
     75   }
     76 
     77   {
     78     YAML::Value node;
     79     YAML::Value subnode =
     80         node["key"];    // 'subnode' is not instantiated ('node' is still null)
     81     subnode = "value";  // {key: value}  # now it is
     82     YAML::Value subnode2 = node["key2"];
     83     node["key3"] = subnode2;  // subnode2 is still not instantiated, but
     84                               // node["key3"] is "pseudo" aliased to it
     85     subnode2 = "monkey";  // {key: value, key2: &1 monkey, key3: *1}  # bam! it
     86                           // instantiates both
     87   }
     88 
     89   {
     90     YAML::Value seq = YAML::Sequence();
     91     seq[0] = "zero";  // [zero]
     92     seq[1] = seq[0];  // [&1 zero, *1]
     93     seq[0] = seq[1];  // [&1 zero, *1]  # no-op (they both alias the same thing,
     94                       // so setting them equal is nothing)
     95     Is(seq[0], seq[1]);  // true
     96     seq[1] = "one";      // [&1 one, *1]
     97     UnAlias(seq[1]);     // [one, one]
     98     Is(seq[0], seq[1]);  // false
     99   }
    100 
    101   {
    102     YAML::Value root;
    103     root.push_back("zero");
    104     root.push_back("one");
    105     root.push_back("two");
    106     YAML::Value two = root[2];
    107     root = "scalar";  // 'two' is still "two", even though 'root' is "scalar"
    108                       // (the sequence effectively no longer exists)
    109 
    110     // Note: in all likelihood, the memory for nodes "zero" and "one" is still
    111     // allocated. How can it go away? Weak pointers?
    112   }
    113 
    114   {
    115     YAML::Value root;  // ~
    116     root[0] = root;    // &1 [*1]
    117     root[0] = 5;       // [5]
    118   }
    119 
    120   {
    121     YAML::Value root;
    122     YAML::Value key;
    123     key["key"] = "value";
    124     root[key] = key;  // &1 {key: value}: *1
    125   }
    126 
    127   {
    128     YAML::Value root;
    129     root[0] = "hi";
    130     root[1][0] = "bye";
    131     root[1][1] = root;          // &1 [hi, [bye, *1]]  # root
    132     YAML::Value sub = root[1];  // &1 [bye, [hi, *1]]  # sub
    133     root = "gone";              // [bye, gone]  # sub
    134   }
    135 
    136   return 0;
    137 }