YAML defaults in Fixtures

Rails
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Hi everyone.

I’ve noticed that the documentation on YAML defaults in
Fixtureshttp://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Fixtures.html#label-Support+for+YAML+defaults
seems
to be wrong. The syntax shown is not currently supported at least, if
I’m
not completely mistaken:

DEFAULTS: &DEFAULTS
created_on: <%= 3.weeks.ago.to_s(:db) %>
first:
name: Smurf
*DEFAULTS
second:
name: Fraggle
*DEFAULTS

When using that exact snippet, psych throws a parsing error. If one
changes
“*DEFAULTS” to “<<: *DEFAULTS”, it works. Is the described syntax simply
not supported yet? It seems to have been introduced in YAML
1.2http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2761803
…

Best regards,
Lucas

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On Jan 11, 2:28pm, Lucas J. [email protected] wrote:

“*DEFAULTS” to “<<: *DEFAULTS”, it works. Is the described syntax simply
not supported yet? It seems to have been introduced in YAML
1.2http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2761803
…

What version of psych? I vaguely recall early versions of it rejecting
stuff like that (that syck had previous accepted)

Fred