Opened 17 years ago

Closed 16 years ago

#5268 closed (fixed)

Remove Python specific types from YAML output (use safe_dump?)

Reported by: django@… Owned by: Daniel Poelzleithner
Component: Core (Serialization) Version: dev
Severity: Keywords:
Cc: Triage Stage: Ready for checkin
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

dumps produced by yaml.dump are not very language neutral.
safe_dump=True as serialize parameter will call yaml.safe_dump which doesn't have this problem.

Attachments (2)

patch_yaml_safe_dumper.txt (1.6 KB ) - added by django@… 17 years ago.
add safe_dump argument to yaml serializer
yaml_patch.diff (1.6 KB ) - added by Daniel Poelzleithner 16 years ago.
better patch. use safe_dump with tests

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Change History (8)

by django@…, 17 years ago

Attachment: patch_yaml_safe_dumper.txt added

add safe_dump argument to yaml serializer

comment:1 by Russell Keith-Magee, 17 years ago

Configurability is great, but is there any compelling reason that we shouldn't just change the implementation to use safe_dump all the time? I'm not a YAML expert, but looking at the PyYAML docs, it appears that the only place the difference would matter is when serializing 'arbitrary Python objects'. I don't think we need this capability, and if we are, we should be able to work around it without too much difficulty.

comment:2 by django@…, 17 years ago

a unicode object for example is considered a 'arbitrary Python objects'. this creates such nice looking dumps like:

https://db.leipzig.freifunk.net/dns/yaml/domain/list/

the !!python/unicode is not very portable. however, i asked the yaml programmer about this issue befor filling this bug
and he said suggested using safe_dump.
i'm not so sure about this, using dump has many advantages when it comes to terms of mapping verify presice things.
I'm thinking about writing a extended mapper that causes relations to be mapped like the model.
But for portability reasons this is not suggested, therefor I suggest this argument.

comment:3 by anonymous, 17 years ago

Triage Stage: UnreviewedDesign decision needed

comment:4 by Russell Keith-Magee, 17 years ago

Needs tests: set
Patch needs improvement: set
Summary: add yaml save_dump argumentRemove Python specific types from YAML output (use safe_dump?)
Triage Stage: Design decision neededAccepted

Ok. I'm -1 to adding a safe_dump argument to the serializer. However, I agree that the output format is not pretty. I've changed the ticket title to reflect the underlying problem.

It looks as if the YAML output has changed significantly since the unicode branch was merged - this is the underlying problem that should be solved. The solution may be to switch to using safe_dump all the time - I'll leave that decision to whoever tackles this problem.

by Daniel Poelzleithner, 16 years ago

Attachment: yaml_patch.diff added

better patch. use safe_dump with tests

comment:5 by Daniel Poelzleithner, 16 years ago

Needs tests: unset
Owner: changed from nobody to Daniel Poelzleithner
Patch needs improvement: unset
Status: newassigned
Triage Stage: AcceptedReady for checkin

comment:6 by Jacob, 16 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: assignedclosed

(In [6891]) Fixed #5268: the YAML serializer now uses yaml.safe_dump() instead the plain yaml.dump(); this makes YAML dumps more portable, and also removes the crufty '!!python/unicode' business. Thanks, poelzi.

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