A seq field that is missing parses as an empty list

src/yanyl/core.nim

@@ -307,6 +307,13 @@ proc get*[T](n: YNode, k: string, t: typedesc[Option[T]]): Option[T] =
     else:
       none(T)
 
+proc get*[T](n: YNode, k: string, t: typedesc[seq[T]]): seq[T] =
+  expectYMap n:
+    let m = n.mapVal
+    if k in m:
+      ofYaml(m[k], seq[T])
+    else:
+      @[]
 
 proc simplifyName(k: YamlNode): string =
   case k.kind

tests/tyaml_option.nim

@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ check hekate.secondaryJob.isNone()
 
 let hs = hekate.toYamlStr()
 # toString shouldn't put nones in the maps
-check hs.contains("secondaryJob") == false
+check hs.contains("secondaryJob") == false

tests/tyaml_seq.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import
+  yanyl,
+  test_utils/yaml_testing,
+  std/options,
+  strutils,
+  unittest
+
+type
+  Person* = object of RootObj
+    id: int
+    names*: seq[string]
+  Team* = object of RootObj
+    id: int
+    members*: seq[Person]
+
+deriveYamls:
+  Person
+  Team
+
+var sample = """
+id: 1
+names:
+- Bobby
+"""
+let bobby = ofYamlStr(sample, Person)
+check bobby.id == 1
+check bobby.names.len == 1
+check bobby.names[0] == "Bobby"
+
+var noNameYaml = """
+id: 0
+"""
+let noName = ofYamlStr(noNameYaml, Person)
+check noName.id == 0
+check noName.names.len == 0
+
+