YAML and IO::All

Swampi has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I am using both the YAML and IO::All modules and am really confused about the output I am getting.
My code looks something like this:

$filePath = $ioObject->pathname;
print $filePath;
.
.
.
#sets myObject attribute myPath to $filePath 
$myObject->myPath($filePath);
Dump($myObject) > $aFile;
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The print statement prints "dir/dir/dir/file.ext". However in $aFile the file path is prepended with "? >- \n ".

Any idea what that is all about? Evena suggestion about whether it is being caused by YAML or IO::All, would be good. I'm fairly sure it doesn't have anything to do with the way I am setting attributes in my object, as it only happens with attributes which are paths retrieved from IO::All objects.

Many thanks,
Swampi

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Re: YAML and IO::All by Fletch (Bishop) on Apr 21, 2005 at 13:08 UTC
Actually the YAML produced would be useful to see as well because that could be slightly verbose YAML. `--- #YAML:1.0 ? >- aFileName : >- /a/b/c/1/2/3` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: YAML and IO::All by Swampi (Initiate) on Apr 21, 2005 at 13:20 UTC
It is part of the YAML description. Thanks for the tip. I should have read the YAML spec more carefully. Thanks for the help	[reply]
Re: YAML and IO::All by piroufreek (Acolyte) on Apr 21, 2005 at 12:54 UTC
Without more code, I'm not sure what you are asking. Give more code... Specifically, I'd like to see where `$myObject` is defined/created and every other attribute in `$myObject` is set. Thanks, piroufreek	[reply] [d/l] [select]