A yaml parser that behaves as you would expect.

better_yaml.rb

require 'yaml'

module BetterYaml
  def self.write_yaml_file(file, data)
    self.with_syck_engine do
      File.open(File.expand_path(file), "w", :encoding => "utf-8") {|f| YAML.dump(data, f) }
    end
  end
   
  def self.load_yaml_file(file)
    self.with_syck_engine do 
      ::YAML.load_file(File.expand_path(file))
    end
  end
    
  def self.with_syck_engine
    engine = ::YAML::ENGINE.yamler
    ::YAML::ENGINE.yamler = "syck"
    result = yield
    ::YAML::ENGINE.yamler = engine
    result
  end
end