>>>>> "K" == Kent Sibilev <ksruby / gmail.com> writes: K> +class Bignum K> + yaml_as "tag:yaml.org,2002:int" K> +end K> + Try it : moulon% ./ruby -ryaml -e 'puts YAML.load(YAML.dump(1234567890))' class Fixnum held ownership of the tag:yaml.org,2002:int tag 1234567890 moulon% perhaps best to use Integer ??? Guy Decoux