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Expand Up @@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ This module defines the following functions:

.. function:: load(fp, /, *, parse_float=float)

Read a TOML file. The first argument should be a readable and binary file object.
Return a :class:`dict`. Convert TOML types to Python using this
:ref:`conversion table <toml-to-py-table>`.
Deserialize TOML data from a file-like object, converting TOML types to
Python using this :ref:`conversion table <toml-to-py-table>`. The first
argument should be a readable binary file-like object. Returns a
:class:`dict`.


*parse_float* will be called with the string of every TOML
float to be decoded. By default, this is equivalent to ``float(num_str)``.
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.. function:: loads(s, /, *, parse_float=float)

Load TOML from a :class:`str` object. Return a :class:`dict`. Convert TOML
types to Python using this :ref:`conversion table <toml-to-py-table>`. The
*parse_float* argument has the same meaning as in :func:`load`.
Deserialize TOML data from a :class:`str` object, converting TOML types to
Python using this :ref:`conversion table <toml-to-py-table>`. Returns a
:class:`dict`. The *parse_float* argument has the same meaning as in
:func:`load`.

A :exc:`TOMLDecodeError` will be raised on an invalid TOML document.

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