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The Firebird Base library for Python
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The `firebird-base` package provides common Python 3 modules used by `Firebird Project`_
in various development projects. However, these modules have general applicability outside
the scope of development for Firebird RDBMS.

Topic covered by `firebird-base` package:

- General data types like `singletons`, `sentinels` and objects with identity.
- Unified system for data conversion from/to string.
- `DataList` and `Registry` collection types with advanced data-processing cappabilities.
- Work with structured binary buffers.
- Global registry of Google `protobuf` messages and enumerations.
- Extended configuration system based on `ConfigParser`.
- Context-based logging.
- Trace/audit for class instances.
- General "hook" mechanism.


.. note:: Requires Python 3.8+

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   introduction
   modules
   changelog
   license

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.. _Firebird Project: http://www.firebirdsql.org
