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+Jsonxt - JSON parsers for files, strings and more
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+Jsonxt provides a number of JSON parsers and writers for
+RFC 8259 compliant JSON as well as non-standard extensions
+introduced by Yojson.  Features include
+
+* RFC 8259 compliant when in strict and basic mode
+* Performance focused especially for files and strings
+* Support for standard and extended JSON tree types:
+  * Strict follows a strict interpretation of RFC 8259 with all
+    numbers represented as floats.
+  * Basic extends the strict type to include convenience types while maintaining
+    RFC compliance.  This is compatible with yojson's Basic type
+  * Extended adds additional non-standard types including tuples and variants
+    and is not RFC compliant. This is compatible with yojson's Safe type
+* A number of different parsers including
+  * A standard JSON tree parser for various sources including string, file and channel
+  * A Stream parser that returns a stream of raw JSON tokens.
+  * A monad based parser compatible with async
+* Writers including
+  * File and string writers
+  * A monad based writer that is compatible with async
+  * A stream writer that converts a stream of JSON tokens
+* Support for streaming JSON via Stream.t
+* Standard interfaces including Yojson compatibility