bump markdown-it-py version

myst_parser/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.0a1"
+__version__ = "0.8.0a2"
 
 
 def setup(app):

myst_parser/docutils_renderer.py

@@ -456,15 +456,18 @@ def render_front_matter(self, token):
         since `process_doc` just converts them back to text.
 
         """
-        try:
-            data = yaml.safe_load(token.content)
-        except (yaml.parser.ParserError, yaml.scanner.ScannerError) as error:
-            msg_node = self.reporter.error(
-                "Front matter block:\n" + str(error), line=token.map[0]
-            )
-            msg_node += nodes.literal_block(token.content, token.content)
-            self.current_node += [msg_node]
-            return
+        if not isinstance(token.content, dict):
+            try:
+                data = yaml.safe_load(token.content)
+            except (yaml.parser.ParserError, yaml.scanner.ScannerError) as error:
+                msg_node = self.reporter.error(
+                    "Front matter block:\n" + str(error), line=token.map[0]
+                )
+                msg_node += nodes.literal_block(token.content, token.content)
+                self.current_node += [msg_node]
+                return
+        else:
+            data = token.content
 
         docinfo = dict_to_docinfo(data)
         self.current_node.append(docinfo)

setup.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     ],
     keywords="markdown lexer parser development docutils sphinx",
     python_requires=">=3.6",
-    install_requires=["markdown-it-py~=0.4.1"],
+    install_requires=["markdown-it-py~=0.4.2"],
     extras_require={
         "sphinx": ["pyyaml", "docutils>=0.15", "sphinx>=2,<3"],
         "code_style": ["flake8<3.8.0,>=3.7.0", "black", "pre-commit==1.17.0"],