def _ordered_load(stream, Loader=yaml.Loader,
    object_pairs_hook=dict):
  '''Loads the contents of the YAML stream into :py:class:`collections.OrderedDict`'s

  See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5121931/in-python-how-can-you-load-yaml-mappings-as-ordereddicts

  '''

  class OrderedLoader(Loader): pass

  def construct_mapping(loader, node):
    loader.flatten_mapping(node)
    return object_pairs_hook(loader.construct_pairs(node))

  OrderedLoader.add_constructor(yaml.resolver.BaseResolver.DEFAULT_MAPPING_TAG,
      construct_mapping)

  return yaml.load(stream, OrderedLoader)