A simple YAML encode that can take a single-element datatype and return
    a string representation.

def yaml_encode(data):
    '''
    A simple YAML encode that can take a single-element datatype and return
    a string representation.
    '''
    yrepr = yaml.representer.SafeRepresenter()
    ynode = yrepr.represent_data(data)
    if not isinstance(ynode, yaml.ScalarNode):
        raise TypeError(
            "yaml_encode() only works with YAML scalar data;"
            " failed for {0}".format(type(data))
        )

    tag = ynode.tag.rsplit(':', 1)[-1]
    ret = ynode.value

    if tag == "str":
        ret = yaml_dquote(ynode.value)

    return ret