<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;saltstack-formulas&#x2F;mysql-formula&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;mysql&#x2F;server.sls" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;saltstack-formulas&#x2F;mysql-formula&#x2F;blob&#x2F;mas...</a><p>Down this path lies madness.  Now the user has to deal with the difference between YAML values and Jinja values.   Can&#x27;t really reference YAML data set in other files, or other places in this file.<p>It&#x27;s a tangled mess.  Please don&#x27;t do this to your users.<p>Maybe use tcl?  Guile?  Some real language that lends itself to making a clean api&#x2F;dsl for what you&#x27;re trying to do.