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From: Harald Wolff <harald@das-wolff-rudel.de>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 13:20:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added preliminary README.md

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+# sharp-json
+A lightweight JSON implementation for Mono/.NET
+
+## Usage
+
+Use the base type *sharp.json.JSON* to represent JSON variables.
+
+    import sharp.json;
+    ...
+    JSON n = 123.45;
+    JSON s = "Hello World!"
+
+    Console.WriteLine("A number: {0}",n.ToString());
+    Console.WriteLine("A String: {0}",s.ToString());
+
+To parse JSON from text you may use
+
+    JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
+    JSON json = parser.Parse("[ 0, 1, 2, 3 ]");
+
+    Console.WriteLine("json: {0}",json);
+