yaml references example

test.yaml

types:
    - type: &grass
        name: "Grass"
        advantages: []
moves:
    - move: &vinewhip
        power: 40
        type: *grass

pokemon:
    - pokemon: &bulbasaur
        type1: *grass
        moveset:
            - move: {level: 5, move: *vinewhip}

z_pytest.py

>>> import yaml
>>> import pprint
>>> x = yaml.load(open('test.yaml'))
>>> print x
{'moves': [{'move': {'type': {'advantages': [], 'name': 'Grass'}, 'power': 40}}], 'pokemon': [{'pokemon': {'type1': {'advantages': [], 'name': 'Grass'}, 'moveset': [{'move': {'move': {'type': {'advantages': [], 'name': 'Grass'}, 'power': 40}, 'level': 5}}]}}], 'types': [{'type': {'advantages': [], 'name': 'Grass'}}]}
>>> pprint.pprint(x)
{'moves': [{'move': {'power': 40,
                     'type': {'advantages': [], 'name': 'Grass'}}}],
 'pokemon': [{'pokemon': {'moveset': [{'move': {'level': 5,
                                                'move': {'power': 40,
                                                         'type': {'advantages': [],
                                                                  'name': 'Grass'}}}}],
                          'type1': {'advantages': [], 'name': 'Grass'}}}],
 'types': [{'type': {'advantages': [], 'name': 'Grass'}}]}