The list of standard YAML tags and corresponding Python types. {{{ !!null '' # None !!bool 'yes' # bool !!int '3...' # int or long !!float '3.14...' # float !!binary '...base64...' # str !!timestamp 'YYYY-...' # datetime.datetime !!omap [ ... ] # list of pairs (note that key uniqueness is not checked) !!pairs [ ... ] # list of pairs !!set { ... } # set !!str '...' # str or unicode (ASCII scalars are converted to str) !!seq [ ... ] # list !!map { ... } # dict }}} The list of Python-specific YAML tags and corresponding Python types. Tags representing complex objects such as class instances are in a separate list. Note that in most cases there are two tags that represent the same Python type (e.g. {{{!!map}}} and {{{!!python/dict}}}). In such cases, standard YAML tags are prioritized, and Python-specific form is added for completeness. {{{ !!python/none '' # None !!python/bool 'True' # bool !!python/str '...' # str !!python/unicode '...' # unicode !!python/int '123...' # int !!python/long '123...' # long !!python/float '3.14...' # float !!python/complex '1+1j' # complex !!python/list [ ... ] # list !!python/tuple [ ... ] # tuple !!python/dict { ... } # dict }}} To represent class instances and other complex objects, the following tags are used. {{{ !!python/name:module.name # module.name (types, classes, and functions) !!python/module:module # module !!python/object:module.name # module.name instance with the specified attributes { ...attributes... } !!python/object/apply:module.name # reduce protocol args: [ ... arguments ... ] kwds: { ... keywords ... } state: ... state ... listitems: [ ... listitems ... ] dictitems: { ... dictitems ... } !!python/object/apply:module.name # short form of !!python/object/apply [ ... arguments ... ] !!python/object/new:module.name # reduce protocol (__new__) args: [ ... arguments ... ] kwds: { ... keywords ... } state: ... state ... listitems: [ ... listitems ... ] dictitems: { ... dictitems ... } !!python/object/new:module.name # short form of !!python/object/new [ ... arguments ... ] }}}