Comment after literal string

[vokimon]

By running this code:

#include <yaml-cpp/yaml.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

int main() {
    {
        std::ofstream f("hola.yaml");
        YAML::Emitter emitter(f);
        emitter << YAML::Literal << "Hello\nworld" << YAML::Comment("Un comentario");
    }
    {
        std::ifstream f("hola.yaml");
        YAML::Node node = YAML::Load(f);
        std::cout << node.as<std::string>() << std::endl;
    }
    return 0;
}

The first part generates the following content:

|
  Hello
  world # A comment

When the second part reads it back, the comment is read as part of the literal. One of them, reading or writing is wrong. Specs says that no comments can be placed inside an scalar, since a literal is an scalar and it terminates with the indentation back, it sounds like the reading is right and the writing is wrong.

When a scalar is inserted in literal mode comments inserted next should be at the next line. and outside of the indentation. Like this:

|
  Hello
  world
# A comment

[vokimon]

Work arround: inserting a Newline after the literal. Caution: this is parsed as having an endline at the end of the string ("Hello\nworld\n") instead of the inserted ("Hello\nworld"). It is better than having the comment included in the literal ("Hello\nworld # Un comentario") but stil write/read is not idempotent.

    {
        std::ofstream f("hola.yaml");
        YAML::Emitter emitter(f);
        emitter
            << YAML::Literal << "Hello\nworld"
            << YAML::Newline << YAML::Comment("Un comentario")
            ;
    }