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| -rw-r--r-- | devel/py-yaml/pkg-descr | 15 |
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diff --git a/devel/py-yaml/pkg-descr b/devel/py-yaml/pkg-descr index e5a3af58c3e..0d9079bae2b 100644 --- a/devel/py-yaml/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/py-yaml/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ -Python YAML parser +PyYAML is a YAML parser and emitter for the Python programming language. + +PyYAML features : + * a complete YAML 1.1 parser. In particular, PyYAML can parse all examples + from the specification. The parsing algorithm is simple enough to be a + reference for YAML parser implementors. + * Unicode support including UTF-8/UTF-16 input/output and \u escape + sequences. + * low-level event-based parser and emitter API (like SAX). + * high-level API for serializing and deserializing native Python objects + (like DOM or pickle). + * support for all types from the YAML types repository. A simple extension + API is provided. + * relatively sensible error messages. WWW: http://pyyaml.org/ |