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| author | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2019-04-22 00:48:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2019-04-22 02:36:21 +0200 |
| commit | 1d3c78036ff90ec94001abbeded2678dd76ef654 (patch) | |
| tree | 6b559d61996a0dc07867093cdc4212f63d6f9b97 /gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm | |
| parent | fa9d14ac50cf946e94caa244c25e0b2ec16b0e13 (diff) | |
| download | patches-1d3c78036ff90ec94001abbeded2678dd76ef654.tar patches-1d3c78036ff90ec94001abbeded2678dd76ef654.tar.gz | |
gnu: python-serpent: Tweak description.
* gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm (python-serpent)[description]:
Use @code{} and edit slightly.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm index 6eb4ba1886..99d9bfded7 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm @@ -629,12 +629,13 @@ version identifier.") (home-page "https://github.com/irmen/Serpent") (synopsis "Serializer for literal Python expressions") (description - "Serpent provides ast.literal_eval() compatible object tree -serialization. It serializes an object tree into bytes (utf-8 encoded string) -that can be decoded and then passed as-is to ast.literal_eval() to rebuild it -as the original object tree. As such it is safe to send serpent data to other -machines over the network for instance (because only safe literals are -encoded).") + "Serpent provides @code{ast.literal_eval()}-compatible object tree +serialization. It serializes an object tree into bytes (an utf-8 encoded +string) that can be decoded and then passed as-is to @code{ast.literal_eval()} +to rebuild the original object tree. + +Because only safe literals are encoded, it is safe to send serpent data to +other machines, such as over the network.") (license license:expat))) (define-public python-setuptools |