No way to modify a single `Node` to emit with `SingleQuoted`?

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Difficulty
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3-5 days
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35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp, yaml
Domain
backend

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The report concerns preserving or setting single-quoted style on an individual YAML::Node while editing and emitting a document. Start by reading the YAML::Node and emitter APIs and the existing tests for scalar quoting; check whether the issue's desired behavior is supported at either entry point. Done means a single value can retain or emit single-quoted style without forcing that style on the whole document.

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feature help wanted

I've been beating my head into the wall to get this library to allow me to set a single YAML::Value to YAML::SingleQuoted. This is a pretty straightforward problem that I think most people can guess at: I'm editing a docker-compose.yml file and I'm losing every quote literal.

I know I can use YAML::Emitter and << into it with YAML::SingleQuoted to emit the entire document, but keys and values single quoted, but that isn't what I need. I realize quotes aren't the standard here in YAML format. But is there any way to read and preserve them?

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