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import yaml
from collections import OrderedDict


# https://stackoverflow.com/a/16782282
def represent_ordereddict(dumper, data):
    value = []
    for item_key, item_value in data.items():
        node_key = dumper.represent_data(item_key)
        node_value = dumper.represent_data(item_value)
        value.append((node_key, node_value))
    return yaml.nodes.MappingNode(u'tag:yaml.org,2002:map', value)


yaml.add_representer(OrderedDict, represent_ordereddict)


# https://stackoverflow.com/a/15423007
def should_use_block(value):
    for c in u"\u000a\u000d\u001c\u001d\u001e\u0085\u2028\u2029":
        if c in value:
            return True
    return False


def my_represent_scalar(self, tag, value, style=None):
    if style is None:
        if should_use_block(value):
            style = '|'
        else:
            style = self.default_style
    node = yaml.representer.ScalarNode(tag, value, style=style)
    if self.alias_key is not None:
        self.represented_objects[self.alias_key] = node
    return node


yaml.representer.BaseRepresenter.represent_scalar = my_represent_scalar
