NAME
YAML::XS - Perl YAML Serialization using XS and libyaml
SYNOPSIS
use YAML::XS;
my $yaml = Dump [ 1..4 ];
my $array = Load $yaml;
DESCRIPTION
Kirill Siminov's "libyaml" is arguably the best YAML implementation. The
C library is written precisely to the YAML 1.1 specification. It was
originally bound to Python and was later bound to Ruby.
This module is a Perl XS binding to libyaml which offers Perl the best
YAML support to date.
This module exports the functions "Dump", "Load", "DumpFile" and
"LoadFile". These functions are intended to work exactly like
"YAML.pm"'s corresponding functions.
CONFIGURATION
$YAML::XS::UseCode
$YAML::XS::DumpCode
$YAML::XS::LoadCode
If enabled supports deparsing and evaling of code blocks.
$YAML::XS::QuoteNumericStrings
When true (the default) strings that look like numbers but have not
been numified will be quoted when dumping.
This ensures leading that things like leading zeros and other
formatting are preserved.
USING YAML::XS WITH UNICODE
Handling unicode properly in Perl can be a pain. YAML::XS only deals
with streams of utf8 octets. Just remember this:
$perl = Load($utf8_octets);
$utf8_octets = Dump($perl);
There are many, many places where things can go wrong with unicode. If
you are having problems, use Devel::Peek on all the possible data
points.
SEE ALSO
* YAML.pm
* YAML::Syck
* YAML::Tiny
AUTHOR
Ingy döt Net <ingy@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2007, 2008, 2010. Ingy döt Net.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html