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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def __convert_key(expression):
 """Converts keys in YAML that reference other keys. """

        if type(expression) is str and len(expression) > 2 and expression[1] == '!':
            expression = eval(expression[2:-1])
        return expression