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Why the luck stiff's "Object Aorta"

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Function		 Category:
Other
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Other		 Language:
Ruby
 
Description:
From Why's blog:
* Lovely, Simple, Prismatic
I say it's prismatic because this little snippy marries a few of my true loves together. Allow users to edit Ruby objects in YAML using your editor of choice.

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Dima Sabanin
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271.02004-02-02 05:11Dima Sabanin

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Latest Snippet Version: :1.0

require 'yaml'
def aorta( obj )
  tempfile = File.join('/tmp',"yobj_#{ Time.now.to_i }")
  File.open( tempfile, 'w' ) { |f| f << obj.to_yaml }
  system( "#{ ENV['EDITOR'] || 'vi' } #{ tempfile }" )
  return obj unless File.exists?( tempfile )
  content = YAML::load( File.open( tempfile ) )
  File.delete( tempfile )
  content
end

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