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+json-pull
+=========
+
+A streaming JSON pull parser in C.
+
+Does the world really need another JSON parser? Maybe not.
+But what distinguishes this one is the desire to let you
+read through gigantic files larger than you can comfortably
+fit in memory and still find the parts you need.
+
+Setup
+-----
+
+You can create a <code>json_pull</code> parser object
+by calling <code>json_begin_file()</code> to begin reading from a file
+or <code>json_begin_string()</code> to begin reading from a string.
+
+You can also read from anything you want by calling <code>json_begin()</code>
+with your own <code>read()</code> and <code>peek()</code> functions that
+return or preview, respectively, the next UTF-8 byte from your input stream.
+