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Basic JSON structures
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JSON_ stands for *JavaScript Object Notation*, is a lightweight file format used
to define structured data. As the name implies, JSON was modeled after the 
JavaScript syntax and it represents its most common data types. A valid JSON 
file is also a valid JavaScript source, and in a lot of cases, it is also a 
valid Python source. 

Conceptually, JSON represents data structures as combinations of mappings, 
sequences and atomic types such as strings and numbers. The present library is 
designed to manipulate these generic data structures, and **not** JSON data per-se. 
Of course, the inspiration is in the JSON file format, and there is support for 
serialization and de-serialization to/from JSON. If you want, PYSON may stand
for *Python Structures Object Notation*

That said, most functions in this library manipulate generic structures 
organized around mappings and sequence containers. These usually will be 
Python's dicts and lists, but similar types are also supported. Optionally, 
more strict JSON-like rules can be enforced; e.g., in JSON, the root element 
must be a dictionary, dictionary keys are always (unicode) strings, and values
must be strings, ints, floats, bools or NULL (the JavaScript equivalent to 
Python's None).

.. _JSON: http://json.org/

.. automodule:: pyson.iface.getters
   :members:

.. automodule:: pyson.iface.setters
   :members: 

.. automodule:: pyson.iface.iterators
	:members:
   
