Merge branch 'cleaning-YAML' into 'development'

Re-written YAML types

See merge request damask/DAMASK!637

cmake/Compiler-IntelLLVM.cmake

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ if (OPTIMIZATION STREQUAL "OFF" OR OPTIMIZATION STREQUAL "DEBUG")
 elseif (OPTIMIZATION STREQUAL "DEFENSIVE")
   set (OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS    "-O2")
 elseif (OPTIMIZATION STREQUAL "AGGRESSIVE")
-  set (OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS    "-ipo -O3 -fp-model fast=2 -xHost")
+  #set (OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS    "-ipo -O3 -fp-model fast=2 -xHost") # ifx 2022.0 has problems with YAML types and IPO
-  # -fast = -ipo, -O3, -no-prec-div, -static, -fp-model fast=2, and -xHost"
+  set (OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS    "-O3 -fp-model fast=2 -xHost")
 endif ()
 
 # -assume std_mod_proc_name (included in -standard-semantics) causes problems if other modules

src/Marc/DAMASK_Marc.f90

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ subroutine hypela2(d,g,e,de,s,t,dt,ngens,m,nn,kcus,matus,ndi,nshear,disp, &
     outdatedByNewInc  = .false., &                                                                  !< needs description
     materialpoint_init_done   = .false., &                                                          !< remember whether init has been done already
     debug_basic       = .true.
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
     debug_Marc                                                                                      ! pointer to Marc debug options
 
   if(debug_basic) then
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ subroutine hypela2(d,g,e,de,s,t,dt,ngens,m,nn,kcus,matus,ndi,nshear,disp, &
   if (.not. materialpoint_init_done) then
     materialpoint_init_done = .true.
     call materialpoint_initAll
-    debug_Marc => config_debug%get('Marc',defaultVal=emptyList)
+    debug_Marc => config_debug%get_list('Marc',defaultVal=emptyList)
     debug_basic = debug_Marc%contains('basic')
   endif
 

src/Marc/discretization_Marc.f90

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ subroutine discretization_Marc_init
   real(pReal), dimension(:,:,:,:), allocatable :: &
     unscaledNormals
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     num_commercialFEM
 
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ subroutine discretization_Marc_init
   debug_e = config_debug%get_asInt('element',defaultVal=1)
   debug_i = config_debug%get_asInt('integrationpoint',defaultVal=1)
 
-  num_commercialFEM => config_numerics%get('commercialFEM',defaultVal = emptyDict)
+  num_commercialFEM => config_numerics%get_dict('commercialFEM',defaultVal = emptyDict)
   mesh_unitlength = num_commercialFEM%get_asFloat('unitlength',defaultVal=1.0_pReal)                ! set physical extent of a length unit in mesh
   if (mesh_unitlength <= 0.0_pReal) call IO_error(301,'unitlength')
 

src/Marc/materialpoint_Marc.f90

@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ end subroutine materialpoint_initAll
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 subroutine materialpoint_init
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
     debug_materialpoint
 
+
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  materialpoint init  -+>>>'; flush(IO_STDOUT)
 
   allocate(materialpoint_cs(               6,discretization_nIPs,discretization_Nelems), source= 0.0_pReal)
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ subroutine materialpoint_init
 !------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! read debug options
 
-  debug_materialpoint => config_debug%get('materialpoint',defaultVal=emptyList)
+  debug_materialpoint => config_debug%get_list('materialpoint',defaultVal=emptyList)
   debugmaterialpoint%basic     = debug_materialpoint%contains('basic')
   debugmaterialpoint%extensive = debug_materialpoint%contains('extensive')
   debugmaterialpoint%selective = debug_materialpoint%contains('selective')

src/YAML_parse.f90

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ module YAML_parse
 
   public :: &
     YAML_parse_init, &
-    YAML_parse_str
+    YAML_parse_str_asList, &
+    YAML_parse_str_asDict
 
 #ifdef FYAML
   interface
@@ -53,16 +54,37 @@ end subroutine YAML_parse_init
 
 
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-!> @brief Parse a YAML string into a a structure of nodes.
+!> @brief Parse a YAML string with list as root into a a structure of nodes.
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function YAML_parse_str(str) result(node)
+function YAML_parse_str_asList(str) result(list)
 
   character(len=*), intent(in) :: str
-  class (tNode), pointer :: node
+  type(tList), pointer :: list
+
+  class(tNode), pointer :: node
+
 
   node => parse_flow(to_flow(str))
+  list => node%asList()
 
-end function YAML_parse_str
+end function YAML_parse_str_asList
+
+
+!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+!> @brief Parse a YAML string with dict as root into a a structure of nodes.
+!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function YAML_parse_str_asDict(str) result(dict)
+
+  character(len=*), intent(in) :: str
+  type(tDict), pointer :: dict
+
+  class(tNode), pointer :: node
+
+
+  node => parse_flow(to_flow(str))
+  dict => node%asDict()
+
+end function YAML_parse_str_asDict
 
 
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -72,9 +94,9 @@ end function YAML_parse_str
 recursive function parse_flow(YAML_flow) result(node)
 
   character(len=*), intent(in)    :: YAML_flow                                                      !< YAML file in flow style
-  class (tNode), pointer          :: node
+  class(tNode), pointer          :: node
 
-  class (tNode),    pointer       :: &
+  class(tNode),    pointer       :: &
     myVal
   character(len=:), allocatable   :: &
     flow_string, &

src/config.f90

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module config
   implicit none(type,external)
   private
 
-  class(tNode), pointer, public :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer, public :: &
     config_material, &
     config_numerics, &
     config_debug
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ subroutine parse_material()
   end if
   call parallelization_bcast_str(fileContent)
 
-  config_material => YAML_parse_str(fileContent)
+  config_material => YAML_parse_str_asDict(fileContent)
 
 end subroutine parse_material
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ subroutine parse_numerics()
     end if
     call parallelization_bcast_str(fileContent)
 
-    config_numerics => YAML_parse_str(fileContent)
+    config_numerics => YAML_parse_str_asDict(fileContent)
 
   end if
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ subroutine parse_debug()
     end if
     call parallelization_bcast_str(fileContent)
 
-    config_debug => YAML_parse_str(fileContent)
+    config_debug => YAML_parse_str_asDict(fileContent)
 
   end if
 

src/grid/DAMASK_grid.f90

@@ -106,15 +106,21 @@ program DAMASK_grid
 
   external :: &
     quit
-  class (tNode), pointer :: &
+  class(tNode), pointer :: &
-    num_grid, &
+    tmp
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     config_load, &
-    load_steps, &
+    num_grid, &
     load_step, &
     solver, &
     step_bc, &
     step_mech, &
     step_discretization
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+#ifdef __INTEL_LLVM_COMPILER
+    tensor, &
+#endif
+    load_steps
   character(len=:), allocatable :: &
     fileContent, fname
 
@@ -130,7 +136,7 @@ program DAMASK_grid
 
 !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! reading field paramters from numerics file and do sanity checks
-  num_grid => config_numerics%get('grid', defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_grid => config_numerics%get_dict('grid', defaultVal=emptyDict)
   stagItMax  = num_grid%get_asInt('maxStaggeredIter',defaultVal=10)
   maxCutBack = num_grid%get_asInt('maxCutBack',defaultVal=3)
 
@@ -147,8 +153,8 @@ program DAMASK_grid
   endif
 
   call parallelization_bcast_str(fileContent)
-  config_load => YAML_parse_str(fileContent)
+  config_load => YAML_parse_str_asDict(fileContent)
-  solver => config_load%get('solver')
+  solver => config_load%get_dict('solver')
 
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! assign mechanics solver depending on selected type
@@ -202,34 +208,42 @@ program DAMASK_grid
 
 
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  load_steps => config_load%get('loadstep')
+  load_steps => config_load%get_list('loadstep')
   allocate(loadCases(load_steps%length))                                                            ! array of load cases
 
   do l = 1, load_steps%length
 
-    load_step => load_steps%get(l)
+    load_step => load_steps%get_dict(l)
-    step_bc   => load_step%get('boundary_conditions')
+    step_bc   => load_step%get_dict('boundary_conditions')
-    step_mech => step_bc%get('mechanical')
+    step_mech => step_bc%get_dict('mechanical')
     loadCases(l)%stress%myType=''
     readMech: do m = 1, step_mech%length
-      select case (step_mech%getKey(m))
+      select case (step_mech%key(m))
         case ('L','dot_F','F')                                                                      ! assign values for the deformation BC matrix
-          loadCases(l)%deformation%myType = step_mech%getKey(m)
+          loadCases(l)%deformation%myType = step_mech%key(m)
-          call getMaskedTensor(loadCases(l)%deformation%values,loadCases(l)%deformation%mask,step_mech%get(m))
+#ifdef __INTEL_LLVM_COMPILER
+          tensor => step_mech%get_list(m)
+          call getMaskedTensor(loadCases(l)%deformation%values,loadCases(l)%deformation%mask,tensor)
+#else
+          call getMaskedTensor(loadCases(l)%deformation%values,loadCases(l)%deformation%mask,step_mech%get_list(m))
+#endif
         case ('dot_P','P')
-          loadCases(l)%stress%myType = step_mech%getKey(m)
+          loadCases(l)%stress%myType = step_mech%key(m)
-          call getMaskedTensor(loadCases(l)%stress%values,loadCases(l)%stress%mask,step_mech%get(m))
+#ifdef __INTEL_LLVM_COMPILER
+          tensor => step_mech%get_list(m)
+          call getMaskedTensor(loadCases(l)%stress%values,loadCases(l)%stress%mask,tensor)
+#else
+          call getMaskedTensor(loadCases(l)%stress%values,loadCases(l)%stress%mask,step_mech%get_list(m))
+#endif
       end select
       call loadCases(l)%rot%fromAxisAngle(step_mech%get_as1dFloat('R',defaultVal = real([0.0,0.0,1.0,0.0],pReal)),degrees=.true.)
     enddo readMech
     if (.not. allocated(loadCases(l)%deformation%myType)) call IO_error(error_ID=837,ext_msg = 'L/dot_F/F missing')
 
-    step_discretization => load_step%get('discretization')
+    step_discretization => load_step%get_dict('discretization')
-    if (.not. step_discretization%contains('t')) call IO_error(error_ID=837,ext_msg = 't missing')
+    loadCases(l)%t = step_discretization%get_asFloat('t')
-    if (.not. step_discretization%contains('N')) call IO_error(error_ID=837,ext_msg = 'N missing')
+    loadCases(l)%N = step_discretization%get_asInt  ('N')
-    loadCases(l)%t         = step_discretization%get_asFloat('t')
+    loadCases(l)%r = step_discretization%get_asFloat('r',defaultVal= 1.0_pReal)
-    loadCases(l)%N         = step_discretization%get_asInt  ('N')
-    loadCases(l)%r         = step_discretization%get_asFloat('r',         defaultVal= 1.0_pReal)
 
     loadCases(l)%f_restart = load_step%get_asInt('f_restart', defaultVal=huge(0))
     if (load_step%get_asString('f_out',defaultVal='n/a') == 'none') then
@@ -499,15 +513,15 @@ subroutine getMaskedTensor(values,mask,tensor)
 
   real(pReal), intent(out), dimension(3,3) :: values
   logical,     intent(out), dimension(3,3) :: mask
-  class (tNode), pointer :: tensor
+  type(tList), pointer :: tensor
 
-  class (tNode), pointer :: row
+  type(tList), pointer :: row
   integer :: i,j
 
 
   values = 0.0_pReal
   do i = 1,3
-    row => tensor%get(i)
+    row => tensor%get_list(i)
     do j = 1,3
       mask(i,j) = row%get_asString(j) == 'x'
       if (.not. mask(i,j)) values(i,j) = row%get_asFloat(j)

src/grid/grid_damage_spectral.f90

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ subroutine grid_damage_spectral_init()
   Vec :: uBound, lBound
   integer(MPI_INTEGER_KIND) :: err_MPI
   PetscErrorCode :: err_PETSc
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     num_grid, &
     num_generic
   character(len=pStringLen) :: &
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ subroutine grid_damage_spectral_init()
 
 !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! read numerical parameters and do sanity checks
-  num_grid => config_numerics%get('grid',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_grid => config_numerics%get_dict('grid',defaultVal=emptyDict)
   num%itmax           = num_grid%get_asInt   ('itmax',defaultVal=250)
   num%eps_damage_atol = num_grid%get_asFloat ('eps_damage_atol',defaultVal=1.0e-2_pReal)
   num%eps_damage_rtol = num_grid%get_asFloat ('eps_damage_rtol',defaultVal=1.0e-6_pReal)
 
-  num_generic => config_numerics%get('generic',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_generic => config_numerics%get_dict('generic',defaultVal=emptyDict)
   num%residualStiffness = num_generic%get_asFloat('residualStiffness', defaultVal=1.0e-6_pReal)
 
   if (num%residualStiffness < 0.0_pReal) call IO_error(301,ext_msg='residualStiffness')

src/grid/grid_mech_FEM.f90

@@ -117,22 +117,24 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_FEM_init
     u_current,u_lastInc
   PetscInt, dimension(0:worldsize-1) :: localK
   integer(HID_T) :: fileHandle, groupHandle
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
-    num_grid, &
+    num_grid
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
     debug_grid
   character(len=pStringLen) :: &
     extmsg = ''
 
+
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  grid_mechanical_FEM init  -+>>>'; flush(IO_STDOUT)
 
 !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! debugging options
-  debug_grid => config_debug%get('grid',defaultVal=emptyList)
+  debug_grid => config_debug%get_list('grid',defaultVal=emptyList)
   debugRotation = debug_grid%contains('rotation')
 
 !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! read numerical parameters and do sanity checks
-  num_grid => config_numerics%get('grid',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_grid => config_numerics%get_dict('grid',defaultVal=emptyDict)
 
   num%eps_div_atol    = num_grid%get_asFloat('eps_div_atol',   defaultVal=1.0e-4_pReal)
   num%eps_div_rtol    = num_grid%get_asFloat('eps_div_rtol',   defaultVal=5.0e-4_pReal)

src/grid/grid_mech_spectral_basic.f90

@@ -118,12 +118,14 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_spectral_basic_init
 #else
   integer :: fileUnit
 #endif
-  class (tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
-    num_grid, &
+    num_grid
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
     debug_grid
   character(len=pStringLen) :: &
     extmsg = ''
 
+
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  grid_mechanical_spectral_basic init  -+>>>'; flush(IO_STDOUT)
 
   print'(/,1x,a)', 'P. Eisenlohr et al., International Journal of Plasticity 46:37–53, 2013'
@@ -134,12 +136,12 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_spectral_basic_init
 
 !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! debugging options
-  debug_grid => config_debug%get('grid',defaultVal=emptyList)
+  debug_grid => config_debug%get_list('grid',defaultVal=emptyList)
   debugRotation = debug_grid%contains('rotation')
 
 !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! read numerical parameters and do sanity checks
-  num_grid => config_numerics%get('grid',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_grid => config_numerics%get_dict('grid',defaultVal=emptyDict)
 
   num%update_gamma    = num_grid%get_asBool ('update_gamma',   defaultVal=.false.)
   num%eps_div_atol    = num_grid%get_asFloat('eps_div_atol',   defaultVal=1.0e-4_pReal)

src/grid/grid_mech_spectral_polarisation.f90

@@ -131,8 +131,9 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_spectral_polarisation_init
 #else
   integer :: fileUnit
 #endif
-  class (tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
-    num_grid, &
+    num_grid
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
     debug_grid
   character(len=pStringLen) :: &
     extmsg = ''
@@ -144,12 +145,12 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_spectral_polarisation_init
 
 !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! debugging options
-  debug_grid => config_debug%get('grid',defaultVal=emptyList)
+  debug_grid => config_debug%get_list('grid',defaultVal=emptyList)
   debugRotation = debug_grid%contains('rotation')
 
 !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! read numerical parameters and do sanity checks
-  num_grid => config_numerics%get('grid',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_grid => config_numerics%get_dict('grid',defaultVal=emptyDict)
 
   num%update_gamma    = num_grid%get_asBool ('update_gamma',   defaultVal=.false.)
   num%eps_div_atol    = num_grid%get_asFloat('eps_div_atol',   defaultVal=1.0e-4_pReal)

src/grid/grid_thermal_spectral.f90

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ subroutine grid_thermal_spectral_init()
   integer(MPI_INTEGER_KIND) :: err_MPI
   PetscErrorCode :: err_PETSc
   integer(HID_T) :: fileHandle, groupHandle
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     num_grid
 
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  grid_thermal_spectral init  -+>>>'
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ subroutine grid_thermal_spectral_init()
 
 !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! read numerical parameters and do sanity checks
-  num_grid => config_numerics%get('grid',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_grid => config_numerics%get_dict('grid',defaultVal=emptyDict)
   num%itmax            = num_grid%get_asInt   ('itmax',           defaultVal=250)
   num%eps_thermal_atol = num_grid%get_asFloat ('eps_thermal_atol',defaultVal=1.0e-2_pReal)
   num%eps_thermal_rtol = num_grid%get_asFloat ('eps_thermal_rtol',defaultVal=1.0e-6_pReal)

src/grid/spectral_utilities.f90

@@ -166,9 +166,11 @@ subroutine spectral_utilities_init()
     tensorSize = 9_C_INTPTR_T
   character(len=*), parameter :: &
     PETSCDEBUG = ' -snes_view -snes_monitor '
-  class(tNode) , pointer :: &
+  type(tDict) , pointer :: &
-    num_grid, &
+    num_grid
-    debug_grid                                                                                      ! pointer to grid debug options
+  type(tList) , pointer :: &
+    debug_grid
+
 
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  spectral_utilities init  -+>>>'
 
@@ -186,9 +188,9 @@ subroutine spectral_utilities_init()
 
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! set debugging parameters
-  num_grid        => config_numerics%get('grid',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_grid        => config_numerics%get_dict('grid',defaultVal=emptyDict)
 
-  debug_grid      => config_debug%get('grid',defaultVal=emptyList)
+  debug_grid      => config_debug%get_List('grid',defaultVal=emptyList)
   debugGeneral    =  debug_grid%contains('basic')
   debugRotation   =  debug_grid%contains('rotation')
   debugPETSc      =  debug_grid%contains('PETSc')

src/homogenization.f90

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ contains
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 subroutine homogenization_init()
 
-  class (tNode) , pointer :: &
+  type(tDict) , pointer :: &
     num_homog, &
     num_homogGeneric
 
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ subroutine homogenization_init()
   allocate(damageState_h   (size(material_name_homogenization)))
   call parseHomogenization()
 
-  num_homog        => config_numerics%get('homogenization',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_homog        => config_numerics%get_dict('homogenization',defaultVal=emptyDict)
-  num_homogGeneric => num_homog%get('generic',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_homogGeneric => num_homog%get_dict('generic',defaultVal=emptyDict)
 
   num%nMPstate = num_homogGeneric%get_asInt('nMPstate',defaultVal=10)
   if (num%nMPstate < 1) call IO_error(301,ext_msg='nMPstate')
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ end subroutine homogenization_restartRead
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 subroutine parseHomogenization
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     material_homogenization, &
     homog, &
     homogThermal, &
@@ -455,17 +455,17 @@ subroutine parseHomogenization
 
   integer :: h
 
-  material_homogenization => config_material%get('homogenization')
+  material_homogenization => config_material%get_dict('homogenization')
 
   allocate(thermal_type(size(material_name_homogenization)),source=THERMAL_UNDEFINED_ID)
   allocate(thermal_active(size(material_name_homogenization)),source=.false.)
   allocate(damage_active(size(material_name_homogenization)),source=.false.)
 
   do h=1, size(material_name_homogenization)
-    homog => material_homogenization%get(h)
+    homog => material_homogenization%get_dict(h)
 
     if (homog%contains('thermal')) then
-      homogThermal => homog%get('thermal')
+      homogThermal => homog%get_dict('thermal')
         select case (homogThermal%get_asString('type'))
           case('pass')
             thermal_type(h) = THERMAL_PASS_ID
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ subroutine parseHomogenization
     end if
 
     if (homog%contains('damage')) then
-      homogDamage => homog%get('damage')
+      homogDamage => homog%get_dict('damage')
         select case (homogDamage%get_asString('type'))
           case('pass')
             damage_active(h) = .true.

src/homogenization_damage.f90

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ contains
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module subroutine damage_init()
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     configHomogenizations, &
     configHomogenization, &
     configHomogenizationDamage
@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@ module subroutine damage_init()
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  homogenization:damage init  -+>>>'
 
 
-  configHomogenizations => config_material%get('homogenization')
+  configHomogenizations => config_material%get_dict('homogenization')
   allocate(param(configHomogenizations%length))
   allocate(current(configHomogenizations%length))
 
   do ho = 1, configHomogenizations%length
     Nmembers = count(material_homogenizationID == ho)
     allocate(current(ho)%phi(Nmembers), source=1.0_pReal)
-    configHomogenization => configHomogenizations%get(ho)
+    configHomogenization => configHomogenizations%get_dict(ho)
     associate(prm => param(ho))
       if (configHomogenization%contains('damage')) then
-        configHomogenizationDamage => configHomogenization%get('damage')
+        configHomogenizationDamage => configHomogenization%get_dict('damage')
 #if defined (__GFORTRAN__)
         prm%output = output_as1dString(configHomogenizationDamage)
 #else

src/homogenization_mechanical.f90

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ end subroutine mechanical_results
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 subroutine parseMechanical()
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     material_homogenization, &
     homog, &
     mechanical
@@ -230,14 +230,14 @@ subroutine parseMechanical()
   integer :: ho
 
 
-  material_homogenization => config_material%get('homogenization')
+  material_homogenization => config_material%get_dict('homogenization')
 
   allocate(mechanical_type(size(material_name_homogenization)), source=MECHANICAL_UNDEFINED_ID)
   allocate(output_mechanical(size(material_name_homogenization)))
 
   do ho=1, size(material_name_homogenization)
-    homog => material_homogenization%get(ho)
+    homog => material_homogenization%get_dict(ho)
-    mechanical => homog%get('mechanical')
+    mechanical => homog%get_dict('mechanical')
 #if defined(__GFORTRAN__)
     output_mechanical(ho)%label = output_as1dString(mechanical)
 #else

src/homogenization_mechanical_RGC.f90

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module subroutine RGC_init()
     Nmembers, &
     sizeState, nIntFaceTot
 
-  class (tNode), pointer :: &
+  class(tDict), pointer :: &
     num_homogenization, &
     num_mechanical, &
     num_RGC, &                                                                                      ! pointer to RGC numerics data
@@ -98,15 +98,15 @@ module subroutine RGC_init()
   print'(  1x,a)', 'https://doi.org/10.1088/0965-0393/18/1/015006'//IO_EOL
 
 
-  material_homogenization => config_material%get('homogenization')
+  material_homogenization => config_material%get_dict('homogenization')
   allocate(param(material_homogenization%length))
   allocate(state(material_homogenization%length))
   allocate(state0(material_homogenization%length))
   allocate(dependentState(material_homogenization%length))
 
-  num_homogenization => config_numerics%get('homogenization',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_homogenization => config_numerics%get_dict('homogenization',defaultVal=emptyDict)
-  num_mechanical => num_homogenization%get('mechanical',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_mechanical => num_homogenization%get_dict('mechanical',defaultVal=emptyDict)
-  num_RGC => num_mechanical%get('RGC',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_RGC => num_mechanical%get_dict('RGC',defaultVal=emptyDict)
 
   num%atol         =  num_RGC%get_asFloat('atol',              defaultVal=1.0e+4_pReal)
   num%rtol         =  num_RGC%get_asFloat('rtol',              defaultVal=1.0e-3_pReal)
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ module subroutine RGC_init()
 
   do ho = 1, size(mechanical_type)
     if (mechanical_type(ho) /= MECHANICAL_RGC_ID) cycle
-    homog => material_homogenization%get(ho)
+    homog => material_homogenization%get_dict(ho)
-    homogMech => homog%get('mechanical')
+    homogMech => homog%get_dict('mechanical')
     associate(prm => param(ho), &
               stt => state(ho), &
               st0 => state0(ho), &

src/homogenization_thermal.f90

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ contains
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module subroutine thermal_init()
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     configHomogenizations, &
     configHomogenization, &
     configHomogenizationThermal
@@ -45,18 +45,18 @@ module subroutine thermal_init()
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  homogenization:thermal init  -+>>>'
 
 
-  configHomogenizations => config_material%get('homogenization')
+  configHomogenizations => config_material%get_dict('homogenization')
   allocate(param(configHomogenizations%length))
   allocate(current(configHomogenizations%length))
 
   do ho = 1, configHomogenizations%length
     allocate(current(ho)%T(count(material_homogenizationID==ho)), source=T_ROOM)
     allocate(current(ho)%dot_T(count(material_homogenizationID==ho)), source=0.0_pReal)
-    configHomogenization => configHomogenizations%get(ho)
+    configHomogenization => configHomogenizations%get_dict(ho)
     associate(prm => param(ho))
 
       if (configHomogenization%contains('thermal')) then
-        configHomogenizationThermal => configHomogenization%get('thermal')
+        configHomogenizationThermal => configHomogenization%get_dict('thermal')
 #if defined (__GFORTRAN__)
         prm%output = output_as1dString(configHomogenizationThermal)
 #else

src/material.f90

@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ end subroutine material_init
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 subroutine parse()
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: materials, &                                                             !> list of materials
+  type(tList), pointer :: materials, &                                                              !> all materials
-                           material, &                                                              !> material definition
+                          constituents                                                              !> all constituents of a material
-                           constituents, &                                                          !> list of constituents
+  type(tDict), pointer :: phases, &                                                                 !> all phases
-                           constituent, &                                                           !> constituent definition
+                          homogenizations, &                                                        !> all homogenizations
-                           phases, &
+                          material, &                                                               !> material definition
-                           homogenizations, &
+                          constituent, &                                                            !> constituent definition
-                           homogenization
+                          homogenization
 
   class(tItem), pointer :: item
   integer, dimension(:), allocatable :: &
@@ -107,25 +107,20 @@ subroutine parse()
     ma
 
 
-  materials       => config_material%get('material')
+  materials       => config_material%get_list('material')
-  phases          => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases          => config_material%get_dict('phase')
-  homogenizations => config_material%get('homogenization')
+  homogenizations => config_material%get_dict('homogenization')
 
 
   if (maxval(discretization_materialAt) > materials%length) &
     call IO_error(155,ext_msg='More materials requested than found in material.yaml')
 
-#if defined (__GFORTRAN__)
+  material_name_phase          = phases%keys()
-  material_name_phase          = getKeys(phases)
+  material_name_homogenization = homogenizations%keys()
-  material_name_homogenization = getKeys(homogenizations)
-#else
-  material_name_phase          = phases%Keys()
-  material_name_homogenization = homogenizations%Keys()
-#endif
 
   allocate(homogenization_Nconstituents(homogenizations%length))
   do ho=1, homogenizations%length
-    homogenization => homogenizations%get(ho)
+    homogenization => homogenizations%get_dict(ho)
     homogenization_Nconstituents(ho) = homogenization%get_asInt('N_constituents')
   end do
   homogenization_maxNconstituents = maxval(homogenization_Nconstituents)
@@ -140,40 +135,33 @@ subroutine parse()
   allocate( v_of(materials%length,homogenization_maxNconstituents),source=0.0_pReal)
 
   ! parse YAML structure
-  select type(materials)
+  item => materials%first
+  do ma = 1, materials%length
+    material => item%node%asDict()
+    ho_of(ma) = homogenizations%index(material%get_asString('homogenization'))
+    constituents => material%get_list('constituents')
 
-    class is(tList)
+    homogenization => homogenizations%get_dict(ho_of(ma))
+    if (constituents%length /= homogenization%get_asInt('N_constituents')) call IO_error(148)
 
-      item => materials%first
+    allocate(material_O_0(ma)%data(constituents%length))
-      do ma = 1, materials%length
+    allocate(material_V_e_0(ma)%data(1:3,1:3,constituents%length))
-        material => item%node
-        ho_of(ma) = homogenizations%getIndex(material%get_asString('homogenization'))
-        constituents => material%get('constituents')
 
-        homogenization => homogenizations%get(ho_of(ma))
+    do co = 1, constituents%length
-        if (constituents%length /= homogenization%get_asInt('N_constituents')) call IO_error(148)
+      constituent => constituents%get_dict(co)
+       v_of(ma,co) = constituent%get_asFloat('v')
+      ph_of(ma,co) = phases%index(constituent%get_asString('phase'))
 
-        allocate(material_O_0(ma)%data(constituents%length))
+      call material_O_0(ma)%data(co)%fromQuaternion(constituent%get_as1dFloat('O',requiredSize=4))
-        allocate(material_V_e_0(ma)%data(1:3,1:3,constituents%length))
+      material_V_e_0(ma)%data(1:3,1:3,co) = constituent%get_as2dFloat('V_e',defaultVal=math_I3,requiredShape=[3,3])
+      if (any(dNeq(material_V_e_0(ma)%data(1:3,1:3,co),transpose(material_V_e_0(ma)%data(1:3,1:3,co))))) &
+        call IO_error(147)
 
-        do co = 1, constituents%length
+    end do
-          constituent => constituents%get(co)
+    if (dNeq(sum(v_of(ma,:)),1.0_pReal,1.e-9_pReal)) call IO_error(153,ext_msg='constituent')
-           v_of(ma,co) = constituent%get_asFloat('v')
-          ph_of(ma,co) = phases%getIndex(constituent%get_asString('phase'))
-
-          call material_O_0(ma)%data(co)%fromQuaternion(constituent%get_as1dFloat('O',requiredSize=4))
-          material_V_e_0(ma)%data(1:3,1:3,co) = constituent%get_as2dFloat('V_e',defaultVal=math_I3,requiredShape=[3,3])
-          if (any(dNeq(material_V_e_0(ma)%data(1:3,1:3,co),transpose(material_V_e_0(ma)%data(1:3,1:3,co))))) &
-            call IO_error(147)
-
-        end do
-        if (dNeq(sum(v_of(ma,:)),1.0_pReal,1.e-9_pReal)) call IO_error(153,ext_msg='constituent')
-
-        item => item%next
-      end do
-
-  end select
 
+    item => item%next
+  end do
 
   allocate(counterPhase(phases%length),source=0)
   allocate(counterHomogenization(homogenizations%length),source=0)
@@ -223,7 +211,7 @@ end subroutine parse
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function getKeys(dict)
 
-  class(tNode), intent(in) :: dict
+  type(tDict), intent(in) :: dict
   character(len=:),          dimension(:), allocatable :: getKeys
   character(len=pStringLen), dimension(:), allocatable :: temp
 
@@ -232,7 +220,7 @@ function getKeys(dict)
   allocate(temp(dict%length))
   l = 0
   do i=1, dict%length
-    temp(i) = dict%getKey(i)
+    temp(i) = dict%key(i)
     l = max(len_trim(temp(i)),l)
   end do
 

src/math.f90

@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ subroutine math_init()
   real(pReal), dimension(4) :: randTest
   integer :: randSize
   integer, dimension(:), allocatable :: seed
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     num_generic
 
 
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  math init  -+>>>'; flush(IO_STDOUT)
 
-  num_generic => config_numerics%get('generic',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_generic => config_numerics%get_dict('generic',defaultVal=emptyDict)
 
   call random_seed(size=randSize)
   allocate(seed(randSize))

src/mesh/DAMASK_mesh.f90

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ program DAMASK_mesh
     statUnit = 0, &                                                                                 !< file unit for statistics output
     stagIter, &
     component
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     num_mesh
   character(len=pStringLen), dimension(:), allocatable :: fileContent
   character(len=pStringLen) :: &
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ program DAMASK_mesh
 
 !---------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! reading field information from numerics file and do sanity checks
-  num_mesh => config_numerics%get('mesh', defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_mesh => config_numerics%get_dict('mesh', defaultVal=emptyDict)
   stagItMax  = num_mesh%get_asInt('maxStaggeredIter',defaultVal=10)
   maxCutBack = num_mesh%get_asInt('maxCutBack',defaultVal=3)
 

src/mesh/FEM_utilities.f90

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ contains
 subroutine FEM_utilities_init
 
   character(len=pStringLen) :: petsc_optionsOrder
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     num_mesh, &
     debug_mesh                                                                                      ! pointer to mesh debug options
   integer :: &
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ subroutine FEM_utilities_init
 
   print'(/,1x,a)',   '<<<+-  FEM_utilities init  -+>>>'
 
-  num_mesh    => config_numerics%get('mesh',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_mesh => config_numerics%get_dict('mesh',defaultVal=emptyDict)
 
   p_s = num_mesh%get_asInt('p_s',defaultVal = 2)
   p_i = num_mesh%get_asInt('p_i',defaultVal = p_s)
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ subroutine FEM_utilities_init
   if (p_i < max(1,p_s-1) .or. p_i > p_s) &
     call IO_error(821,ext_msg='integration order (p_i) out of bounds')
 
-  debug_mesh  => config_debug%get('mesh',defaultVal=emptyList)
+  debug_mesh => config_debug%get_dict('mesh',defaultVal=emptyDict)
-  debugPETSc  =  debug_mesh%contains('PETSc')
+  debugPETSc =  debug_mesh%contains('PETSc')
 
   if(debugPETSc) print'(3(/,1x,a),/)', &
                  'Initializing PETSc with debug options: ', &

src/mesh/discretization_mesh.f90

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ subroutine discretization_mesh_init(restart)
   integer(MPI_INTEGER_KIND) :: err_MPI
   PetscInt, dimension(:), allocatable :: &
     materialAt
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     num_mesh
   integer :: p_i, dim                                                                               !< integration order (quadrature rule)
   type(tvec) :: coords_node0
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ subroutine discretization_mesh_init(restart)
 
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! read numerics parameter
-  num_mesh => config_numerics%get('mesh',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_mesh => config_numerics%get_dict('mesh',defaultVal=emptyDict)
   p_i = num_mesh%get_asInt('p_i',defaultVal = 2)
 
 !---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/mesh/mesh_mech_FEM.f90

@@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ subroutine FEM_mechanical_init(fieldBC)
   character(len=*), parameter            :: prefix = 'mechFE_'
   PetscErrorCode                         :: err_PETSc
   real(pReal), dimension(3,3) :: devNull
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     num_mesh
 
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  FEM_mech init  -+>>>'; flush(IO_STDOUT)
 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! read numerical parametes and do sanity checks
-  num_mesh => config_numerics%get('mesh',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_mesh => config_numerics%get_dict('mesh',defaultVal=emptyDict)
   num%p_i               = int(num_mesh%get_asInt('p_i',defaultVal = 2),pPETSCINT)
   num%itmax             = int(num_mesh%get_asInt('itmax',defaultVal=250),pPETSCINT)
   num%BBarStabilisation = num_mesh%get_asBool('bbarstabilisation',defaultVal = .false.)

src/phase.f90

@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ module phase
 
 ! == cleaned:begin =================================================================================
     module subroutine mechanical_init(phases)
-      class(tNode), pointer :: phases
+      type(tDict), pointer :: phases
     end subroutine mechanical_init
 
     module subroutine damage_init
     end subroutine damage_init
 
     module subroutine thermal_init(phases)
-      class(tNode), pointer :: phases
+      type(tDict), pointer :: phases
     end subroutine thermal_init
 
 
@@ -376,16 +376,16 @@ subroutine phase_init
 
   integer :: &
     ph, ce, co, ma
-  class (tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
-    debug_constitutive, &
-    materials, &
     phases, &
     phase
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+    debug_constitutive
 
 
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  phase init  -+>>>'; flush(IO_STDOUT)
 
-  debug_constitutive => config_debug%get('phase', defaultVal=emptyList)
+  debug_constitutive => config_debug%get_list('phase', defaultVal=emptyList)
   debugConstitutive%basic     = debug_constitutive%contains('basic')
   debugConstitutive%extensive = debug_constitutive%contains('extensive')
   debugConstitutive%selective = debug_constitutive%contains('selective')
@@ -394,8 +394,7 @@ subroutine phase_init
   debugConstitutive%grain     = config_debug%get_asInt('constituent',     defaultVal = 1)
 
 
-  materials => config_material%get('material')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
-  phases    => config_material%get('phase')
 
   allocate(phase_lattice(phases%length))
   allocate(phase_cOverA(phases%length),source=-1.0_pReal)
@@ -403,7 +402,7 @@ subroutine phase_init
   allocate(phase_O_0(phases%length))
 
   do ph = 1,phases%length
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
     phase_lattice(ph) = phase%get_asString('lattice')
     if (all(phase_lattice(ph) /= ['cF','cI','hP','tI'])) &
       call IO_error(130,ext_msg='phase_init: '//phase%get_asString('lattice'))
@@ -536,13 +535,13 @@ subroutine crystallite_init()
     ip, &                                                                                           !< counter in integration point loop
     el, &                                                                                           !< counter in element loop
     en, ph
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     num_crystallite, &
     phases
   character(len=pStringLen) :: &
     extmsg = ''
 
-  num_crystallite => config_numerics%get('crystallite',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_crystallite => config_numerics%get_dict('crystallite',defaultVal=emptyDict)
 
   num%subStepMinCryst        = num_crystallite%get_asFloat ('subStepMin',       defaultVal=1.0e-3_pReal)
   num%subStepSizeCryst       = num_crystallite%get_asFloat ('subStepSize',      defaultVal=0.25_pReal)
@@ -570,7 +569,7 @@ subroutine crystallite_init()
 
   if (extmsg /= '') call IO_error(301,ext_msg=trim(extmsg))
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
 
   !$OMP PARALLEL DO PRIVATE(ce,ph,en)
   do el = 1, discretization_Nelems

src/phase_damage.f90

@@ -77,19 +77,20 @@ module subroutine damage_init
   integer :: &
     ph, &
     Nmembers
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
    phases, &
    phase, &
-   sources, &
    source
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+   sources
   logical:: damage_active
 
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  phase:damage init  -+>>>'
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
 
   allocate(current(phases%length))
-  allocate(damageState (phases%length))
+  allocate(damageState(phases%length))
   allocate(param(phases%length))
 
   damage_active = .false.
@@ -99,12 +100,12 @@ module subroutine damage_init
 
     allocate(current(ph)%phi(Nmembers),source=1.0_pReal)
 
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    sources => phase%get('damage',defaultVal=emptyList)
+    sources => phase%get_list('damage',defaultVal=emptyList)
     if (sources%length > 1) error stop
     if (sources%length == 1) then
       damage_active = .true.
-      source => sources%get(1)
+      source => sources%get_dict(1)
       param(ph)%mu = source%get_asFloat('mu')
       param(ph)%l_c = source%get_asFloat('l_c')
     end if
@@ -440,19 +441,20 @@ function source_active(source_label)  result(active_source)
   character(len=*), intent(in)         :: source_label                                              !< name of source mechanism
   logical, dimension(:), allocatable  :: active_source
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
-    sources, &
     src
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+    sources
   integer :: ph
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(active_source(phases%length))
   do ph = 1, phases%length
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    sources => phase%get('damage',defaultVal=emptyList)
+    sources => phase%get_list('damage',defaultVal=emptyList)
-    src => sources%get(1)
+    src => sources%get_dict(1)
     active_source(ph) = src%get_asString('type',defaultVal = 'x') == source_label
   end do
 

src/phase_damage_anisobrittle.f90

@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ module function anisobrittle_init() result(mySources)
 
   logical, dimension(:), allocatable :: mySources
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
-    sources, &
     src
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+    sources
   integer :: Nmembers,ph
   integer, dimension(:), allocatable :: N_cl
   character(len=pStringLen) :: extmsg = ''
@@ -52,17 +53,17 @@ module function anisobrittle_init() result(mySources)
   print'(/,a,i0)', ' # phases: ',count(mySources); flush(IO_STDOUT)
 
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(param(phases%length))
 
 
   do ph = 1, phases%length
     if (mySources(ph)) then
-      phase => phases%get(ph)
+      phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-      sources => phase%get('damage')
+      sources => phase%get_list('damage')
 
       associate(prm  => param(ph))
-        src => sources%get(1)
+        src => sources%get_dict(1)
 
         N_cl = src%get_as1dInt('N_cl',defaultVal=emptyIntArray)
         prm%sum_N_cl = sum(abs(N_cl))

src/phase_damage_isobrittle.f90

@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ module function isobrittle_init() result(mySources)
 
   logical, dimension(:), allocatable :: mySources
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
-    sources, &
     src
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+    sources
   integer :: Nmembers,ph
   character(len=pStringLen) :: extmsg = ''
 
@@ -50,18 +51,18 @@ module function isobrittle_init() result(mySources)
   print'(/,a,i0)', ' # phases: ',count(mySources); flush(IO_STDOUT)
 
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(param(phases%length))
   allocate(state(phases%length))
   allocate(deltaState(phases%length))
 
   do ph = 1, phases%length
     if (mySources(ph)) then
-      phase => phases%get(ph)
+      phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-      sources => phase%get('damage')
+      sources => phase%get_list('damage')
 
       associate(prm => param(ph), dlt => deltaState(ph), stt => state(ph))
-        src => sources%get(1)
+        src => sources%get_dict(1)
 
         prm%W_crit = src%get_asFloat('G_crit')/src%get_asFloat('l_c')
 

src/phase_mechanical.f90

@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ submodule(phase) mechanical
   interface
 
     module subroutine eigen_init(phases)
-      class(tNode), pointer :: phases
+      type(tDict), pointer :: phases
     end subroutine eigen_init
 
     module subroutine elastic_init(phases)
-      class(tNode), pointer :: phases
+      type(tDict), pointer :: phases
     end subroutine elastic_init
 
     module subroutine plastic_init
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ contains
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module subroutine mechanical_init(phases)
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases
 
   integer :: &
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ module subroutine mechanical_init(phases)
     ph, &
     en, &
     Nmembers
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     num_crystallite, &
     phase, &
     mech
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ module subroutine mechanical_init(phases)
     allocate(phase_mechanical_P(ph)%data(3,3,Nmembers),source=0.0_pReal)
     allocate(phase_mechanical_S0(ph)%data(3,3,Nmembers),source=0.0_pReal)
 
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    mech  => phase%get('mechanical')
+    mech  => phase%get_dict('mechanical')
 #if defined(__GFORTRAN__)
     output_mechanical(ph)%label = output_as1dString(mech)
 #else
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ module subroutine mechanical_init(phases)
     plasticState(ph)%state0 = plasticState(ph)%state
   end do
 
-  num_crystallite => config_numerics%get('crystallite',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+  num_crystallite => config_numerics%get_dict('crystallite',defaultVal=emptyDict)
 
   select case(num_crystallite%get_asString('integrator',defaultVal='FPI'))
 

src/phase_mechanical_eigen.f90

@@ -34,15 +34,16 @@ contains
 
 module subroutine eigen_init(phases)
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases
 
   integer :: &
     ph
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phase, &
-    kinematics, &
     mechanics
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+    kinematics
 
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  phase:mechanical:eigen init  -+>>>'
 
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@ module subroutine eigen_init(phases)
   allocate(Nmodels(phases%length),source = 0)
 
   do ph = 1,phases%length
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    mechanics => phase%get('mechanical')
+    mechanics => phase%get_dict('mechanical')
-    kinematics => mechanics%get('eigen',defaultVal=emptyList)
+    kinematics => mechanics%get_list('eigen',defaultVal=emptyList)
     Nmodels(ph) = kinematics%length
   end do
 
@@ -80,27 +81,28 @@ function kinematics_active(kinematics_label,kinematics_length)  result(active_ki
   integer,          intent(in)         :: kinematics_length                                         !< max. number of kinematics in system
   logical, dimension(:,:), allocatable :: active_kinematics
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
-    kinematics, &
+    mechanics, &
-    kinematics_type, &
+    kinematic
-    mechanics
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+    kinematics
   integer :: ph,k
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(active_kinematics(kinematics_length,phases%length), source = .false. )
   do ph = 1, phases%length
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    mechanics => phase%get('mechanical')
+    mechanics => phase%get_dict('mechanical')
-    kinematics => mechanics%get('eigen',defaultVal=emptyList)
+    kinematics => mechanics%get_list('eigen',defaultVal=emptyList)
     do k = 1, kinematics%length
-      kinematics_type => kinematics%get(k)
+      kinematic => kinematics%get_dict(k)
-      active_kinematics(k,ph) = kinematics_type%get_asString('type') == kinematics_label
+      active_kinematics(k,ph) = kinematic%get_asString('type') == kinematics_label
     end do
   end do
 
-
 end function kinematics_active
 
 
@@ -113,20 +115,21 @@ function kinematics_active2(kinematics_label)  result(active_kinematics)
   character(len=*), intent(in)       :: kinematics_label                                            !< name of kinematic mechanism
   logical, dimension(:), allocatable :: active_kinematics
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
-    kinematics, &
     kinematics_type
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+    kinematics
   integer :: ph
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(active_kinematics(phases%length), source = .false.)
   do ph = 1, phases%length
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    kinematics => phase%get('damage',defaultVal=emptyList)
+    kinematics => phase%get_list('damage',defaultVal=emptyList)
     if (kinematics%length < 1) return
-    kinematics_type => kinematics%get(1)
+    kinematics_type => kinematics%get_dict(1)
     if (.not. kinematics_type%contains('type')) continue
     active_kinematics(ph) = kinematics_type%get_asString('type',defaultVal='n/a') == kinematics_label
   end do

src/phase_mechanical_eigen_thermalexpansion.f90

@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ module function thermalexpansion_init(kinematics_length) result(myKinematics)
   logical, dimension(:,:), allocatable :: myKinematics
 
   integer :: Ninstances, p, k
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+    kinematics
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
-    mech, &
+    mech
-    kinematics, &
+
-    myConfig
 
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  phase:mechanical:eigen:thermalexpansion init  -+>>>'
 
@@ -42,26 +43,23 @@ module function thermalexpansion_init(kinematics_length) result(myKinematics)
   print'(/,a,i2)', ' # phases: ',Ninstances; flush(IO_STDOUT)
   if (Ninstances == 0) return
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(param(Ninstances))
   allocate(kinematics_thermal_expansion_instance(phases%length), source=0)
 
   do p = 1, phases%length
     if (any(myKinematics(:,p))) kinematics_thermal_expansion_instance(p) = count(myKinematics(:,1:p))
-    phase => phases%get(p)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(p)
     if (count(myKinematics(:,p)) == 0) cycle
-    mech => phase%get('mechanical')
+    mech => phase%get_dict('mechanical')
-    kinematics => mech%get('eigen')
+    kinematics => mech%get_list('eigen')
     do k = 1, kinematics%length
       if (myKinematics(k,p)) then
         associate(prm  => param(kinematics_thermal_expansion_instance(p)))
 
-          myConfig => kinematics%get(k)
+          prm%A_11 = polynomial(kinematics%get_dict(k),'A_11','T')
-
-          prm%A_11 = polynomial(myConfig%asDict(),'A_11','T')
           if (any(phase_lattice(p) == ['hP','tI'])) &
-            prm%A_33 = polynomial(myConfig%asDict(),'A_33','T')
+            prm%A_33 = polynomial(kinematics%get_dict(k),'A_33','T')
-
         end associate
       end if
     end do

src/phase_mechanical_elastic.f90

@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ contains
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module subroutine elastic_init(phases)
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases
 
   integer :: &
     ph
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phase, &
     mech, &
     elastic
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ module subroutine elastic_init(phases)
   allocate(param(phases%length))
 
   do ph = 1, phases%length
-    phase   => phases%get(ph)
+    phase   => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    mech    => phase%get('mechanical')
+    mech    => phase%get_dict('mechanical')
-    elastic => mech%get('elastic')
+    elastic => mech%get_dict('elastic')
     if (elastic%get_asString('type') /= 'Hooke') call IO_error(200,ext_msg=elastic%get_asString('type'))
 
     associate(prm => param(ph))

src/phase_mechanical_plastic.f90

@@ -421,19 +421,19 @@ function plastic_active(plastic_label) result(active_plastic)
   character(len=*), intent(in)       :: plastic_label                                               !< type of plasticity model
   logical, dimension(:), allocatable :: active_plastic
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
     mech, &
     pl
   integer :: ph
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(active_plastic(phases%length), source = .false. )
   do ph = 1, phases%length
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    mech  => phase%get('mechanical')
+    mech  => phase%get_dict('mechanical')
-    pl    => mech%get('plastic',defaultVal = emptyDict)
+    pl    => mech%get_dict('plastic',defaultVal = emptyDict)
     active_plastic(ph) = pl%get_asString('type',defaultVal='none') == plastic_label
   end do
 

src/phase_mechanical_plastic_dislotungsten.f90

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ module function plastic_dislotungsten_init() result(myPlasticity)
     a                                                                                               !< non-Schmid coefficients
   character(len=pStringLen) :: &
     extmsg = ''
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
     mech, &
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ module function plastic_dislotungsten_init() result(myPlasticity)
   print'(/,1x,a)', 'D. Cereceda et al., International Journal of Plasticity 78:242–256, 2016'
   print'(  1x,a)', 'https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2015.09.002'
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(param(phases%length))
   allocate(indexDotState(phases%length))
   allocate(state(phases%length))
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ module function plastic_dislotungsten_init() result(myPlasticity)
     associate(prm => param(ph), stt => state(ph), dst => dependentState(ph), &
               idx_dot => indexDotState(ph))
 
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    mech  => phase%get('mechanical')
+    mech  => phase%get_dict('mechanical')
-    pl  => mech%get('plastic')
+    pl  => mech%get_dict('plastic')
 
 #if defined (__GFORTRAN__)
     prm%output = output_as1dString(pl)

src/phase_mechanical_plastic_dislotwin.f90

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ module function plastic_dislotwin_init() result(myPlasticity)
     rho_dip_0                                                                                       !< initial dipole dislocation density per slip system
   character(len=pStringLen) :: &
     extmsg = ''
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
     mech, &
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ module function plastic_dislotwin_init() result(myPlasticity)
   print'(  1x,a)', 'https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2016.07.032'
 
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(param(phases%length))
   allocate(indexDotState(phases%length))
   allocate(state(phases%length))
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ module function plastic_dislotwin_init() result(myPlasticity)
     associate(prm => param(ph), stt => state(ph), dst => dependentState(ph), &
               idx_dot => indexDotState(ph))
 
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    mech  => phase%get('mechanical')
+    mech  => phase%get_dict('mechanical')
-    pl  => mech%get('plastic')
+    pl  => mech%get_dict('plastic')
 
 #if defined (__GFORTRAN__)
     prm%output = output_as1dString(pl)

src/phase_mechanical_plastic_isotropic.f90

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module function plastic_isotropic_init() result(myPlasticity)
     xi_0                                                                                            !< initial critical stress
   character(len=pStringLen) :: &
     extmsg = ''
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
     mech, &
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ module function plastic_isotropic_init() result(myPlasticity)
   print'(/,1x,a)', 'T. Maiti and P. Eisenlohr, Scripta Materialia 145:37–40, 2018'
   print'(  1x,a)', 'https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.09.047'
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(param(phases%length))
   allocate(state(phases%length))
 
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ module function plastic_isotropic_init() result(myPlasticity)
 
     associate(prm => param(ph), stt => state(ph))
 
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    mech => phase%get('mechanical')
+    mech => phase%get_dict('mechanical')
-    pl => mech%get('plastic')
+    pl => mech%get_dict('plastic')
 
 #if defined (__GFORTRAN__)
     prm%output = output_as1dString(pl)

src/phase_mechanical_plastic_kinehardening.f90

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module function plastic_kinehardening_init() result(myPlasticity)
     a                                                                                               !< non-Schmid coefficients
   character(len=pStringLen) :: &
     extmsg = ''
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
     mech, &
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ module function plastic_kinehardening_init() result(myPlasticity)
   print'(/,1x,a)', 'J.A. Wollmershauser et al., International Journal of Fatigue 36:181–193, 2012'
   print'(  1x,a)', 'https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2011.07.008'
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(param(phases%length))
   allocate(indexDotState(phases%length))
   allocate(state(phases%length))
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ module function plastic_kinehardening_init() result(myPlasticity)
     associate(prm => param(ph), stt => state(ph), dlt => deltaState(ph), &
               idx_dot => indexDotState(ph))
 
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    mech => phase%get('mechanical')
+    mech => phase%get_dict('mechanical')
-    pl => mech%get('plastic')
+    pl => mech%get_dict('plastic')
 
 #if defined (__GFORTRAN__)
     prm%output = output_as1dString(pl)

src/phase_mechanical_plastic_none.f90

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module function plastic_none_init() result(myPlasticity)
   logical, dimension(:), allocatable :: myPlasticity
   integer :: &
     ph
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases
 
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module function plastic_none_init() result(myPlasticity)
   print'(/,1x,a)', '<<<+-  phase:mechanical:plastic:none init  -+>>>'
   print'(/,a,i0)', ' # phases: ',count(myPlasticity); flush(IO_STDOUT)
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   do ph = 1, phases%length
     if (.not. myPlasticity(ph)) cycle
     call phase_allocateState(plasticState(ph),count(material_phaseID == ph),0,0,0)

src/phase_mechanical_plastic_nonlocal.f90

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ module function plastic_nonlocal_init() result(myPlasticity)
     extmsg  = ''
   type(tInitialParameters) :: &
     ini
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
     mech, &
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ module function plastic_nonlocal_init() result(myPlasticity)
   print'(  1x,a)', 'http://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/229993'
 
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
 
   allocate(geom(phases%length))
 
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ module function plastic_nonlocal_init() result(myPlasticity)
     associate(prm => param(ph),  dot => dotState(ph),   stt => state(ph), &
               st0 => state0(ph), del => deltaState(ph), dst => dependentState(ph))
 
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    mech => phase%get('mechanical')
+    mech => phase%get_dict('mechanical')
-    pl => mech%get('plastic')
+    pl => mech%get_dict('plastic')
 
     plasticState(ph)%nonlocal = pl%get_asBool('flux',defaultVal=.True.)
 #if defined (__GFORTRAN__)
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ module function plastic_nonlocal_init() result(myPlasticity)
 
     if(.not. myPlasticity(ph)) cycle
 
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
     Nmembers = count(material_phaseID == ph)
     l = 0
     do t = 1,4

src/phase_mechanical_plastic_phenopowerlaw.f90

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module function plastic_phenopowerlaw_init() result(myPlasticity)
     a                                                                                               !< non-Schmid coefficients
   character(len=pStringLen) :: &
     extmsg = ''
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
     mech, &
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ module function plastic_phenopowerlaw_init() result(myPlasticity)
   print'(/,a,i0)', ' # phases: ',count(myPlasticity); flush(IO_STDOUT)
 
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(param(phases%length))
   allocate(indexDotState(phases%length))
   allocate(state(phases%length))
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ module function plastic_phenopowerlaw_init() result(myPlasticity)
     associate(prm => param(ph), stt => state(ph), &
               idx_dot => indexDotState(ph))
 
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    mech => phase%get('mechanical')
+    mech => phase%get_dict('mechanical')
-    pl => mech%get('plastic')
+    pl => mech%get_dict('plastic')
 
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! slip related parameters

src/phase_thermal.f90

@@ -76,11 +76,14 @@ contains
 !----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module subroutine thermal_init(phases)
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
-    phase, thermal, sources
+    phase, &
+    thermal
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+    sources
 
   integer :: &
     ph, so, &
@@ -99,8 +102,8 @@ module subroutine thermal_init(phases)
     Nmembers = count(material_phaseID == ph)
     allocate(current(ph)%T(Nmembers),source=T_ROOM)
     allocate(current(ph)%dot_T(Nmembers),source=0.0_pReal)
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
-    thermal => phase%get('thermal',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+    thermal => phase%get_dict('thermal',defaultVal=emptyDict)
 
     ! ToDo: temperature dependency of K and C_p
     if (thermal%length > 0) then
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ module subroutine thermal_init(phases)
 #else
       param(ph)%output = thermal%get_as1dString('output',defaultVal=emptyStringArray)
 #endif
-      sources => thermal%get('source',defaultVal=emptyList)
+      sources => thermal%get_list('source',defaultVal=emptyList)
       thermal_Nsources(ph) = sources%length
     else
       thermal_Nsources(ph) = 0
@@ -365,21 +368,23 @@ function thermal_active(source_label,src_length)  result(active_source)
   integer,          intent(in)         :: src_length                                                !< max. number of sources in system
   logical, dimension(:,:), allocatable :: active_source
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
-    sources, thermal, &
+    thermal, &
     src
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+    sources
   integer :: p,s
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(active_source(src_length,phases%length), source = .false. )
   do p = 1, phases%length
-    phase => phases%get(p)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(p)
-    thermal =>  phase%get('thermal',defaultVal=emptyDict)
+    thermal => phase%get_dict('thermal',defaultVal=emptyDict)
-    sources =>  thermal%get('source',defaultVal=emptyList)
+    sources => thermal%get_list('source',defaultVal=emptyList)
     do s = 1, sources%length
-      src => sources%get(s)
+      src => sources%get_dict(s)
       active_source(s,p) = src%get_asString('type') == source_label
     end do
   end do

src/phase_thermal_dissipation.f90

@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ module function dissipation_init(source_length) result(mySources)
   integer, intent(in)                  :: source_length
   logical, dimension(:,:), allocatable :: mySources
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
-    sources, thermal, &
+    thermal, &
     src
+  class(tList), pointer :: &
+    sources
   integer :: so,Nmembers,ph
 
 
@@ -40,18 +42,18 @@ module function dissipation_init(source_length) result(mySources)
   print'(/,a,i2)', ' # phases: ',count(mySources); flush(IO_STDOUT)
 
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(param(phases%length))
 
   do ph = 1, phases%length
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
     if (count(mySources(:,ph)) == 0) cycle !ToDo: error if > 1
-    thermal => phase%get('thermal')
+    thermal => phase%get_dict('thermal')
-    sources => thermal%get('source')
+    sources => thermal%get_list('source')
     do so = 1, sources%length
       if (mySources(so,ph)) then
         associate(prm  => param(ph))
-          src => sources%get(so)
+          src => sources%get_dict(so)
 
           prm%kappa = src%get_asFloat('kappa')
           Nmembers = count(material_phaseID == ph)

src/phase_thermal_externalheat.f90

@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ module function externalheat_init(source_length) result(mySources)
   integer, intent(in)                  :: source_length
   logical, dimension(:,:), allocatable :: mySources
 
-  class(tNode), pointer :: &
+  type(tDict), pointer :: &
     phases, &
     phase, &
-    sources, thermal, &
+    thermal, &
     src
+  type(tList), pointer :: &
+    sources
   integer :: so,Nmembers,ph
 
 
@@ -47,20 +49,20 @@ module function externalheat_init(source_length) result(mySources)
   print'(/,a,i2)', ' # phases: ',count(mySources); flush(IO_STDOUT)
 
 
-  phases => config_material%get('phase')
+  phases => config_material%get_dict('phase')
   allocate(param(phases%length))
   allocate(source_thermal_externalheat_offset  (phases%length), source=0)
 
   do ph = 1, phases%length
-    phase => phases%get(ph)
+    phase => phases%get_dict(ph)
     if (count(mySources(:,ph)) == 0) cycle
-    thermal => phase%get('thermal')
+    thermal => phase%get_dict('thermal')
-    sources => thermal%get('source')
+    sources => thermal%get_list('source')
     do so = 1, sources%length
       if (mySources(so,ph)) then
         source_thermal_externalheat_offset(ph) = so
         associate(prm  => param(ph))
-          src => sources%get(so)
+          src => sources%get_dict(so)
 
           prm%t_n = src%get_as1dFloat('t_n')
           prm%nIntervals = size(prm%t_n) - 1

src/polynomials.f90

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ subroutine selfTest()
   real(pReal), dimension(5) :: coef
   integer :: i
   real(pReal) :: x_ref, x, y
-  class(tNode), pointer :: dict
+  type(tDict), pointer :: dict
   character(len=pStringLen), dimension(size(coef)) :: coef_s
   character(len=pStringLen) :: x_ref_s, x_s, YAML_s
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ subroutine selfTest()
            'C,T^3: '//trim(adjustl(coef_s(4)))//IO_EOL//&
            'C,T^4: '//trim(adjustl(coef_s(5)))//IO_EOL//&
            'T_ref: '//trim(adjustl(x_ref_s))//IO_EOL
-  Dict => YAML_parse_str(trim(YAML_s))
+  dict => YAML_parse_str_asDict(trim(YAML_s))
   p2 = polynomial(dict%asDict(),'C','T')
   if (dNeq(p1%at(x),p2%at(x),1.0e-6_pReal))                      error stop 'polynomials: init'
   y = coef(1)+coef(2)*(x-x_ref)+coef(3)*(x-x_ref)**2+coef(4)*(x-x_ref)**3+coef(5)*(x-x_ref)**4
@@ -165,28 +165,28 @@ subroutine selfTest()
   YAML_s = 'C: 0.0'//IO_EOL//&
            'C,T: '//trim(adjustl(coef_s(2)))//IO_EOL//&
            'T_ref: '//trim(adjustl(x_ref_s))//IO_EOL
-  Dict => YAML_parse_str(trim(YAML_s))
+  dict => YAML_parse_str_asDict(trim(YAML_s))
   p1 = polynomial(dict%asDict(),'C','T')
   if (dNeq(p1%at(x_ref+x),-p1%at(x_ref-x),1.0e-10_pReal))         error stop 'polynomials: eval(linear)'
 
   YAML_s = 'C: 0.0'//IO_EOL//&
            'C,T^2: '//trim(adjustl(coef_s(3)))//IO_EOL//&
            'T_ref: '//trim(adjustl(x_ref_s))//IO_EOL
-  Dict => YAML_parse_str(trim(YAML_s))
+  dict => YAML_parse_str_asDict(trim(YAML_s))
   p1 = polynomial(dict%asDict(),'C','T')
   if (dNeq(p1%at(x_ref+x),p1%at(x_ref-x),1e-10_pReal))            error stop 'polynomials: eval(quadratic)'
 
   YAML_s = 'Y: '//trim(adjustl(coef_s(1)))//IO_EOL//&
            'Y,X^3: '//trim(adjustl(coef_s(2)))//IO_EOL//&
            'X_ref: '//trim(adjustl(x_ref_s))//IO_EOL
-  Dict => YAML_parse_str(trim(YAML_s))
+  dict => YAML_parse_str_asDict(trim(YAML_s))
   p1 = polynomial(dict%asDict(),'Y','X')
   if (dNeq(p1%at(x_ref+x)-coef(1),-(p1%at(x_ref-x)-coef(1)),1.0e-8_pReal)) error stop 'polynomials: eval(cubic)'
 
   YAML_s = 'Y: '//trim(adjustl(coef_s(1)))//IO_EOL//&
            'Y,X^4: '//trim(adjustl(coef_s(2)))//IO_EOL//&
            'X_ref: '//trim(adjustl(x_ref_s))//IO_EOL
-  Dict => YAML_parse_str(trim(YAML_s))
+  dict => YAML_parse_str_asDict(trim(YAML_s))
   p1 = polynomial(dict%asDict(),'Y','X')
   if (dNeq(p1%at(x_ref+x),p1%at(x_ref-x),1.0e-6_pReal))           error stop 'polynomials: eval(quartic)'