[Catalyst] YAML Config

[Ash Berlin]

Oleg Pronin wrote:
> Hi.
>  
> I would like to use references to variables that have been defined in my
> yaml config.
>  
> Something like this:
>  
> var_dir: &var __path_to(var)__
>  
> log_dir: &log *var/log
> log_file: *log/file.txt
>  
> This is a feature of YAML 1.0.
> But it seems that only *pure* aliases (*var) work only in YAML::Syck &&
> YAML::XS
> log_dir: &log *var
>  
> YAML dies with "YAML Error: Can't define both an anchor and an alias".
>  
> And it is not clear for me how to modify *var to say: (this is a syntax
> error in all parsers)
> log_dir: &log *var/log
>  
> How to use other variables' values in yaml config?
> 
>

"Don't?"

I don't even know what those do. Why do you want them? whats wrong with
just text values?