_ ____ ___ _ _ ____ | / ___| / _ \| \ | | _ _ | _ \ __ _ _ __ ___ ___ _ | \___ \| | | | \| | (_|_) | |_) / _` | '__/ __|/ _ \ | |_| |___) | |_| | |\ | _ _ | __/ (_| | | \__ \ __/ \___/|____/ \___/|_| \_| (_|_) |_| \__,_|_| |___/\___| This is the README for JSON::Parse version 0.29. 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. ABOUT JSON::Parse - Read JSON into a Perl variable JSON means "JavaScript Object Notation" and it is specified in "RFC 4627". JSON::Parse converts JSON into the nearest 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 "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 two high speed validation functions, "valid_json" and "assert_valid_json", and a function to read JSON from a file, "json_file_to_perl". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-0.29.tar.gz, follow this sequence of commands: tar xfz JSON-Parse-0.29.tar.gz cd JSON-Parse-0.29 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". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. HELP To get help with the module, you can email the author, Ben Bullock, at . If you think there is a problem in the module, you can report a bug at , or if you want to alter the source code of JSON::Parse, try the public repository on github at . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This README was written on Wed Dec 25 10:37:42 2013. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------