Add the support to parsing a null value as std::string.

Fixes jbeder#590.

Author: dota17

include/yaml-cpp/node/impl.h

@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ struct as_if<std::string, S> {
   const Node& node;
 
   std::string operator()(const S& fallback) const {
+    if (node.Type() == NodeType::Null)
+      return "null";
     if (node.Type() != NodeType::Scalar)
       return fallback;
     return node.Scalar();
@@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ struct as_if<std::string, void> {
   const Node& node;
 
   std::string operator()() const {
+    if (node.Type() == NodeType::Null)
+      return "null";
     if (node.Type() != NodeType::Scalar)
       throw TypedBadConversion<std::string>(node.Mark());
     return node.Scalar();

test/integration/load_node_test.cpp

@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ TEST(NodeTest, IncorrectFlow) {
 TEST(NodeTest, LoadTildeAsNull) {
   Node node = Load("~");
   ASSERT_TRUE(node.IsNull());
+  EXPECT_EQ(node.as<std::string>(), "null");
+  EXPECT_EQ(node.as<std::string>("~"), "null");
 }
 
 TEST(NodeTest, LoadNullWithStrTag) {