Fix error with anchor not being assigned to an empty node

fix #301

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Removed `bower.json`.
 - Tags are now url-decoded in `load()` and url-encoded in `dump()`
   (previously usage of custom non-ascii tags may have led to invalid YAML that can't be parsed).
+- Anchors now work correctly with empty nodes, #301.
 
 
 ## [3.14.1] - 2020-12-07

lib/loader.js

@@ -1448,61 +1448,64 @@ function composeNode(state, parentIndent, nodeContext, allowToSeek, allowCompact
     }
   }
 
-  if (state.tag !== null && state.tag !== '!') {
-    if (state.tag === '?') {
-      // Implicit resolving is not allowed for non-scalar types, and '?'
-      // non-specific tag is only automatically assigned to plain scalars.
-      //
-      // We only need to check kind conformity in case user explicitly assigns '?'
-      // tag, for example like this: "!<?> [0]"
-      //
-      if (state.result !== null && state.kind !== 'scalar') {
-        throwError(state, 'unacceptable node kind for !<?> tag; it should be "scalar", not "' + state.kind + '"');
-      }
+  if (state.tag === null) {
+    if (state.anchor !== null) {
+      state.anchorMap[state.anchor] = state.result;
+    }
 
-      for (typeIndex = 0, typeQuantity = state.implicitTypes.length; typeIndex < typeQuantity; typeIndex += 1) {
-        type = state.implicitTypes[typeIndex];
+  } else if (state.tag === '?') {
+    // Implicit resolving is not allowed for non-scalar types, and '?'
+    // non-specific tag is only automatically assigned to plain scalars.
+    //
+    // We only need to check kind conformity in case user explicitly assigns '?'
+    // tag, for example like this: "!<?> [0]"
+    //
+    if (state.result !== null && state.kind !== 'scalar') {
+      throwError(state, 'unacceptable node kind for !<?> tag; it should be "scalar", not "' + state.kind + '"');
+    }
 
-        if (type.resolve(state.result)) { // `state.result` updated in resolver if matched
-          state.result = type.construct(state.result);
-          state.tag = type.tag;
-          if (state.anchor !== null) {
-            state.anchorMap[state.anchor] = state.result;
-          }
-          break;
+    for (typeIndex = 0, typeQuantity = state.implicitTypes.length; typeIndex < typeQuantity; typeIndex += 1) {
+      type = state.implicitTypes[typeIndex];
+
+      if (type.resolve(state.result)) { // `state.result` updated in resolver if matched
+        state.result = type.construct(state.result);
+        state.tag = type.tag;
+        if (state.anchor !== null) {
+          state.anchorMap[state.anchor] = state.result;
         }
+        break;
       }
+    }
+  } else if (state.tag !== '!') {
+    if (_hasOwnProperty.call(state.typeMap[state.kind || 'fallback'], state.tag)) {
+      type = state.typeMap[state.kind || 'fallback'][state.tag];
     } else {
-      if (_hasOwnProperty.call(state.typeMap[state.kind || 'fallback'], state.tag)) {
-        type = state.typeMap[state.kind || 'fallback'][state.tag];
-      } else {
-        // looking for multi type
-        type = null;
-        typeList = state.typeMap.multi[state.kind || 'fallback'];
-
-        for (typeIndex = 0, typeQuantity = typeList.length; typeIndex < typeQuantity; typeIndex += 1) {
-          if (state.tag.slice(0, typeList[typeIndex].tag.length) === typeList[typeIndex].tag) {
-            type = typeList[typeIndex];
-            break;
-          }
+      // looking for multi type
+      type = null;
+      typeList = state.typeMap.multi[state.kind || 'fallback'];
+
+      for (typeIndex = 0, typeQuantity = typeList.length; typeIndex < typeQuantity; typeIndex += 1) {
+        if (state.tag.slice(0, typeList[typeIndex].tag.length) === typeList[typeIndex].tag) {
+          type = typeList[typeIndex];
+          break;
         }
       }
+    }
 
-      if (!type) {
-        throwError(state, 'unknown tag !<' + state.tag + '>');
-      }
+    if (!type) {
+      throwError(state, 'unknown tag !<' + state.tag + '>');
+    }
 
-      if (state.result !== null && type.kind !== state.kind) {
-        throwError(state, 'unacceptable node kind for !<' + state.tag + '> tag; it should be "' + type.kind + '", not "' + state.kind + '"');
-      }
+    if (state.result !== null && type.kind !== state.kind) {
+      throwError(state, 'unacceptable node kind for !<' + state.tag + '> tag; it should be "' + type.kind + '", not "' + state.kind + '"');
+    }
 
-      if (!type.resolve(state.result, state.tag)) { // `state.result` updated in resolver if matched
-        throwError(state, 'cannot resolve a node with !<' + state.tag + '> explicit tag');
-      } else {
-        state.result = type.construct(state.result, state.tag);
-        if (state.anchor !== null) {
-          state.anchorMap[state.anchor] = state.result;
-        }
+    if (!type.resolve(state.result, state.tag)) { // `state.result` updated in resolver if matched
+      throwError(state, 'cannot resolve a node with !<' + state.tag + '> explicit tag');
+    } else {
+      state.result = type.construct(state.result, state.tag);
+      if (state.anchor !== null) {
+        state.anchorMap[state.anchor] = state.result;
       }
     }
   }

test/issues/0301.js

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+'use strict';
+
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const yaml = require('../../');
+
+
+it('should assign anchor to an empty node', function () {
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(
+    yaml.load('foo: &a\nbar: *a\n'),
+    { foo: null, bar: null }
+  );
+
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(
+    yaml.load('{ foo: &a, bar: *a }'),
+    { foo: null, bar: null }
+  );
+
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(
+    yaml.load('- &a\n- *a\n'),
+    [ null, null ]
+  );
+
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(
+    yaml.load('[ &a, *a ]'),
+    [ null, null ]
+  );
+});