ruby / ruby/psych

Missing documentation for `init_with` and `encode_with`?

Open
#465 2 comments 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Documentation
Dominant language
Ruby
Stars
597
Forks
223
Avg merge
11h 23m
Merged PRs (30d)
3

Description

Looks like the main documentation is missing doc on how to (de)serialize custom classes by implementing init_with and encode_with.

Maybe @BurdetteLamar could help?

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the main Psych documentation and existing references to init_with and encode_with. Document how custom classes use these methods for serialization and deserialization, then verify that both methods are covered clearly in the main documentation.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.