Add hackery to make Syck use encode_with/init_with. Fixes 1.8 after recent...

Add hackery to make Syck use encode_with/init_with. Fixes 1.8 after recent changes to attribute serialization.

activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb

@@ -1935,6 +1935,26 @@ def inspect
         "#<#{self.class} #{inspection}>"
       end
 
+      # Hackery to accomodate Syck. Remove for 4.0.
+      def to_yaml(opts = {}) #:nodoc:
+        if YAML.const_defined?(:ENGINE) && !YAML::ENGINE.syck?
+          super
+        else
+          coder = {}
+          encode_with(coder)
+          YAML.quick_emit(self, opts) do |out|
+            out.map(taguri, to_yaml_style) do |map|
+              coder.each { |k, v| map.add(k, v) }
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Hackery to accomodate Syck. Remove for 4.0.
+      def yaml_initialize(tag, coder) #:nodoc:
+        init_with(coder)
+      end
+
     protected
       def clone_attributes(reader_method = :read_attribute, attributes = {})
         attribute_names.each do |name|

activerecord/test/cases/yaml_serialization_test.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ def test_roundtrip
     assert_equal topic, t
   end
 
+  def test_roundtrip_serialized_column
+    topic = Topic.new(:content => {:omg=>:lol})
+    assert_equal({:omg=>:lol}, YAML.load(YAML.dump(topic)).content)
+  end
+
   def test_encode_with_coder
     topic = Topic.first
     coder = {}