Added case for parsing a compact key: value pair in a flow sequence with a null key

src/map.cpp

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ namespace YAML
 			case Token::BLOCK_MAP_START: ParseBlock(pScanner, state); break;
 			case Token::FLOW_MAP_START: ParseFlow(pScanner, state); break;
 			case Token::FLOW_MAP_COMPACT: ParseCompact(pScanner, state); break;
+			case Token::VALUE: ParseCompactWithNoKey(pScanner, state); break;
 			default: break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -178,6 +179,20 @@ namespace YAML
 		m_data[pKey.release()] = pValue.release();
 	}
 	
+	// ParseCompactWithNoKey
+	// . Single key: value pair in a flow sequence
+	void Map::ParseCompactWithNoKey(Scanner *pScanner, const ParserState& state)
+	{
+		std::auto_ptr <Node> pKey(new Node), pValue(new Node);
+
+		// grab value
+		pScanner->pop();
+		pValue->Parse(pScanner, state);
+			
+		// assign the map with the actual pointers
+		m_data[pKey.release()] = pValue.release();
+	}
+	
 	void Map::Write(Emitter& out) const
 	{
 		out << BeginMap;

src/map.h

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ namespace YAML
 		void ParseBlock(Scanner *pScanner, const ParserState& state);
 		void ParseFlow(Scanner *pScanner, const ParserState& state);
 		void ParseCompact(Scanner *pScanner, const ParserState& state);
+		void ParseCompactWithNoKey(Scanner *pScanner, const ParserState& state);
 
 	private:
 		node_map m_data;

src/node.cpp

@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ namespace YAML
 
 		// save location
 		m_mark = pScanner->peek().mark;
+		
+		// special case: a value node by itself must be a map, with no header
+		if(pScanner->peek().type == Token::VALUE) {
+			m_pContent = new Map;
+			m_pContent->Parse(pScanner, state);
+			return;
+		}
 
 		ParseHeader(pScanner, state);