My stations have location code '00'. The code on line 100 of io.py splits this into "0" and "0":
for loc in sta.location:
# Construct location name
if loc == "--":
tloc = ""
else:
tloc = copy.copy(loc)
...
I got around this while still allowing the break instances in the indented part to work by changing the first line to:
for loc in [sta.location]:
but maybe there's something more subtle in play and the developer will offer another solution