Re: [Yaml-core] Type as Value

[Kirill S. <xi...@ga...>]

James Stroud wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Thank you for the quick response to my previous question.
> 
> I have another that I can't find the answer to. I want to make a yaml 
> mapping value that evaluates to a type. For example, in python, the 
> result would be
> 
>    {'atype' : int}
> 
> Tags do not seem to be able to represent values on their own but only 
> indicate how a the yaml value will be evaluated. In essence, what is the 
> equivalent to a type tag for yaml?
> 
>    atype : !!type int
> 

If you are using PyYAML, you can write

     { atype: !!python/name:int }

It's Python-specific though.

Thanks,
Kirill