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diff --git a/tools/generation/lib/util/parse_yaml.py b/tools/generation/lib/util/parse_yaml.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2016 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
+# This code is governed by the BSD license found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import yaml, re
+
+yamlPattern = re.compile(r'\---\n([\s]*)((?:\s|\S)*)[\n\s*]---',
+                         flags=re.DOTALL|re.MULTILINE)
+
+def parse_yaml(string):
+    match = yamlPattern.match(string)
+    if not match:
+        return False
+
+    unindented = re.sub('^' + match.group(1), '',
+        match.group(2), flags=re.MULTILINE)
+
+    return yaml.safe_load(unindented)