From 1d3c78036ff90ec94001abbeded2678dd76ef654 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:48:49 +0200 Subject: gnu: python-serpent: Tweak description. * gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm (python-serpent)[description]: Use @code{} and edit slightly. --- gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm | 13 +++++++------ 1 file 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 -- cgit 1.4.1