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[I18n] :on key is converted to true, leading to TranslationMissing error

#6072

Hi,

I found a bug when using I18n: the key ":on" is converted into true, which isn't really expected.
Given the following config:

en:
  bug:
    at: "at at"
    on: "on on"

I have the following result:

puts I18n.t('bug').inspect
=> {:at=>"at at", true=>"on on"}

Using:

I've uploaded a sample app with a test to show the issue.

Reported by Florent Vaucelle · November 26th, 2010 @ 04:40 PM

Aditya Sanghi
- Importance changed from to Low
Fairly sure this is a YAML issue not an i18n issue. I think there are a number of words that get evaluated to true in YAML.
```
  >> YAML.load_file('config/locales/en.yml')['en']['bug']
  => {true=>"on on", "at"=>"at at"}
```
This is an issue nevertheless. I'll see if there are workarounds or flag or something to assist and report here.
November 27th, 2010 @ 08:07 AM
Aditya Sanghi
- State changed from new to invalid
There is no easy solution it seems but to double quote "on" in your YAML file.

Please see http://yaml.org/type/bool.html
```
  require 'yaml'
  YAML.load('a: on') # => {"a"=>true}
  YAML.load('"on": on on') # => {"on"=>"on on"}
```
Closing this ticket as invalid as what is happening is as per YAML specification and the workaround is to double quote your keys and values if you want to prevent them from being booleanized by ruby.

Please feel free to comment if you feel otherwise about the status of the ticket.
November 27th, 2010 @ 08:56 AM
Florent Vaucelle
I agree with the ticket status. Thanks a lot for the insight.

November 29th, 2010 @ 01:08 PM