third_party_pyyaml/announcement.msg

From: Kirill Simonov <xi@resolvent.net>
To: python-list@python.org, python-announce@python.org, yaml-core@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [ANN] PyYAML-3.12: YAML parser and emitter for Python

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 Announcing PyYAML-3.12
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A new bug fix release of PyYAML is now available:

    http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAML


Changes
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* Wheel packages for Windows binaries.
* Adding an implicit resolver to a derived loader should not affect
  the base loader (fixes issue #57).
* Uniform representation for OrderedDict across different versions
  of Python (fixes issue #61).
* Fixed comparison to None warning (closes issue #64).


Resources
=========

PyYAML homepage: http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAML
PyYAML documentation: http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAMLDocumentation
Source and binary installers: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyYAML/3.12

PyYAML HG repository: https://bitbucket.org/xi/pyyaml
Submit a bug report: https://bitbucket.org/xi/pyyaml/issues/new

YAML homepage: http://yaml.org/
YAML-core mailing list: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/yaml-core


About PyYAML
============

YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability and
interaction with scripting languages.  PyYAML is a YAML parser and
emitter for Python.

PyYAML features a complete YAML 1.1 parser, Unicode support, pickle
support, capable extension API, and sensible error messages.  PyYAML
supports standard YAML tags and provides Python-specific tags that allow
to represent an arbitrary Python object.

PyYAML is applicable for a broad range of tasks from complex
configuration files to object serialization and persistence.


Example
=======

>>> import yaml

>>> yaml.load("""
... name: PyYAML
... description: YAML parser and emitter for Python
... homepage: http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAML
... keywords: [YAML, serialization, configuration, persistence, pickle]
... """)
{'keywords': ['YAML', 'serialization', 'configuration', 'persistence',
'pickle'], 'homepage': 'http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAML', 'description':
'YAML parser and emitter for Python', 'name': 'PyYAML'}

>>> print yaml.dump(_)
name: PyYAML
homepage: http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAML
description: YAML parser and emitter for Python
keywords: [YAML, serialization, configuration, persistence, pickle]


Copyright
=========

The PyYAML module is written by Kirill Simonov <xi@resolvent.net>.

PyYAML is released under the MIT license.