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This is the README for JSON::Parse version 0.24_01.

JSON::Parse is a "module" for the Perl computer programming language, a library
of computer code to install on a computer.  This document contains four
sections:

1. About - what the module does

2. Documentation - how to learn more about the module

3. Installation - how to install this module on a computer

4. Help - what to do if you get stuck

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1. ABOUT

JSON::Parse - Convert JSON into a Perl variable

JSON::Parse converts JSON into equivalent Perl. The function
"parse_json" takes one argument, a string containing JSON, and
returns a Perl reference. The input to "parse_json" must be a
complete JSON structure.

The module differs from the standard "JSON" module by simplifying the
handling of Unicode. If its input is marked as Unicode characters, the
strings in its output are also marked as Unicode characters.

JSON::Parse also provides a high speed validation function,
"valid_json".

JSON means "JavaScript Object Notation" and it is specified in L</RFC
4627>.

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2. DOCUMENTATION

You can read the documentation for the module online at the following websites:

    * http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?JSON::Parse
    * http://metacpan.org/release/JSON-Parse

(These links go to the latest version of the module.)

After installing the module, you can read the documentation on your computer
using

    perldoc JSON::Parse

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3. INSTALLATION

To install the module from CPAN, use

    cpan JSON::Parse

If you have the App::cpanminus installer, you may prefer

    cpanm JSON::Parse

To install the module from the source file, JSON-Parse-0.24_01.tar.gz, follow
this sequence of commands:

    tar xfz JSON-Parse-0.24_01.tar.gz
    cd JSON-Parse-0.24_01
    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make install

If you want to test the module before installing it, use "make test" after
"make" and before "make install".

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4. HELP

To get help with the module, you can email the author, Ben Bullock, at
<bkb@cpan.org>. If you think there is a problem in the module, you can report a
bug at 

<https://github.com/benkasminbullock/JSON-Parse/issues>,

or if you want to alter the source code of JSON::Parse, try the public
repository on github at 

<https://github.com/benkasminbullock/JSON-Parse>. 

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This README was written on Tue Dec 10 14:49:29 2013.

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