yaml

Module yaml provides YAML encoding and decoding.

Functions

Function signature

marshal(v object) string

Returns a YAML string representing the given value. Raises an error if the value cannot be marshalled.

Example

>>> m := {one: 1, two: 2}
>>> yaml.marshal(m)
"one: 1\ntwo: 2\n"

Function signature

unmarshal(s string) object

Returns the value represented by the given YAML string. Raises an error if the string cannot be unmarshalled.

Example

>>> yaml.unmarshal("one: 1\ntwo: 2")
{"one": 1, "two": 2}
>>> yaml.unmarshal("{bad") // raises value error

Function signature

valid(s string) bool

Returns whether the given string is valid YAML.

Example

>>> yaml.valid("42")
true
>>> yaml.valid("{oops")
false