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+// a sketch of what the new API might look like
+
+#include "yaml-cpp/yaml.h"
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main()
+{
+ {
+ // test.yaml
+ // - foo
+ // - primes: [2, 3, 5, 7, 11]
+ // odds: [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11]
+ // - [x, y]
+
+ // move-like semantics
+ YAML::Value root = YAML::Parse("test.yaml");
+
+ std::cout << root[0].as<std::string>(); // "foo"
+ std::cout << str(root[0]); // "foo", shorthand?
+ std::cout << root[1]["primes"][3].as<int>(); // "7"
+ std::cout << root[1]["odds"][6].as<int>(); // throws?
+
+ root[2].push_back(5);
+ root[3] = "Hello, World";
+ root[0].reset();
+ root[0]["key"] = "value";
+
+ std::cout << root;
+ // # not sure about formatting
+ // - {key: value}
+ // - primes: [2, 3, 5, 7, 11]
+ // odds: [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11]
+ // - [x, y, 5]
+ // - Hello, World
+ }
+
+ {
+ // for all copy-like commands, think of python's "name/value" semantics
+ YAML::Value root = "Hello"; // Hello
+ root = YAML::Sequence(); // []
+ root[0] = 0; // [0]
+ root[2] = "two"; // [0, ~, two] # forces root[1] to be initialized to null
+
+ YAML::Value other = root; // both point to the same thing
+ other[0] = 5; // now root[0] is 0 also
+ other.push_back(root); // &1 [5, ~, two, *1]
+ other[3][0] = 0; // &1 [0, ~, two, *1] # since it's a true alias
+ other.push_back(Copy(root)); // &1 [0, ~, two, *1, &2 [0, ~, two, *2]]
+ other[4][0] = 5; // &1 [0, ~, two, *1, &2 [5, ~, two, *2]] # they're really different
+ }
+
+ {
+ YAML::Value node; // ~
+ node[0] = 1; // [1] # auto-construct a sequence
+ node["key"] = 5; // {0: 1, key: 5} # auto-turn it into a map
+ node.push_back(10); // error, can't turn a map into a sequence
+ node.erase("key"); // {0: 1} # still a map, even if we remove the key that caused the problem
+ node = "Hello"; // Hello # assignment overwrites everything, so it's now just a plain scalar
+ }
+
+ {
+ YAML::Value map; // ~
+ map[3] = 1; // {3: 1} # auto-constructs a map, *not* a sequence
+
+ YAML::Value seq; // ~
+ seq = YAML::Sequence(); // []
+ seq[3] = 1; // [~, ~, ~, 1]
+ }
+
+ {
+ YAML::Value node; // ~
+ node[0] = node; // &1 [*1] # fun stuff
+ }
+
+ {
+ YAML::Value node;
+ YAML::Value subnode = node["key"]; // 'subnode' is not instantiated ('node' is still null)
+ subnode = "value"; // {key: value} # now it is
+ YAML::Value subnode2 = node["key2"];
+ node["key3"] = subnode2; // subnode2 is still not instantiated, but node["key3"] is "pseudo" aliased to it
+ subnode2 = "monkey"; // {key: value, key2: &1 monkey, key3: *1} # bam! it instantiates both
+ }
+
+ {
+ YAML::Value seq = YAML::Sequence();
+ seq[0] = "zero"; // [zero]
+ seq[1] = seq[0]; // [&1 zero, *1]
+ seq[0] = seq[1]; // [&1 zero, *1] # no-op (they both alias the same thing, so setting them equal is nothing)
+ Is(seq[0], seq[1]); // true
+ seq[1] = "one"; // [&1 one, *1]
+ UnAlias(seq[1]); // [one, one]
+ Is(seq[0], seq[1]); // false
+ }
+
+ {
+ YAML::Value root;
+ root.push_back("zero");
+ root.push_back("one");
+ root.push_back("two");
+ YAML::Value two = root[2];
+ root = "scalar"; // 'two' is still "two", even though 'root' is "scalar" (the sequence effectively no longer exists)
+
+ // Note: in all likelihood, the memory for nodes "zero" and "one" is still allocated. How can it go away? Weak pointers?
+ }
+
+ {
+ YAML::Value root; // ~
+ root[0] = root; // &1 [*1]
+ root[0] = 5; // [5]
+ }
+
+ {
+ YAML::Value root;
+ YAML::Value key;
+ key["key"] = "value";
+ root[key] = key; // &1 {key: value}: *1
+ }
+
+ {
+ YAML::Value root;
+ root[0] = "hi";
+ root[1][0] = "bye";
+ root[1][1] = root; // &1 [hi, [bye, *1]] # root
+ YAML::Value sub = root[1]; // &1 [bye, [hi, *1]] # sub
+ root = "gone"; // [bye, gone] # sub
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}