Index: pyyaml/trunk/lib/yaml/resolver.py
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--- pyyaml/trunk/lib/yaml/resolver.py	(revision 260)
+++ pyyaml/trunk/lib/yaml/resolver.py	(revision 328)
@@ -193,5 +193,5 @@
         u'tag:yaml.org,2002:merge',
         re.compile(ur'^(?:<<)$'),
-        ['<'])
+        [u'<'])
 
 Resolver.add_implicit_resolver(
@@ -214,5 +214,5 @@
         u'tag:yaml.org,2002:value',
         re.compile(ur'^(?:=)$'),
-        ['='])
+        [u'='])
 
 # The following resolver is only for documentation purposes. It cannot work