Force YAML values to be strings

Question

Look at this code, under Python 2.7:

>>> import yaml
>>> yaml.load('string: 01')
{'string': 1}
>>> :(

Is it possible to obtain the string 01 without modifying the yaml file? I didn't find anything in the docs.

Answer 1

Try:

>> import yaml
>> yaml.load('string: 01', Loader=yaml.loader.BaseLoader)
{u'string': u'01'}