headerparser

Changelog

v0.4.0 (2019-05-29)

Added a scan() function combining the behavior of scan_file() and scan_lines(), which are now deprecated
Gave HeaderParser a ~HeaderParser.parse() method combining the behavior of ~HeaderParser.parse_file() and ~HeaderParser.parse_lines(), which are now deprecated
Added scan_next_stanza() and scan_next_stanza_string() functions for scanning & consuming input only up to the end of the first header section
Added scan_stanzas() and scan_stanzas_string() functions for scanning input composed entirely of multiple stanzas/header sections
Gave HeaderParser parse_next_stanza() and parse_next_stanza_string() methods for parsing & comsuming input only up to the end of the first header section
Gave HeaderParser parse_stanzas() and parse_stanzas_string() methods for parsing input composed entirely of multiple stanzas/header sections

Drop support for Python 3.3
Gave HeaderParser and the scanner functions options for configuring scanning behavior:
- separator_regex
- skip_leading_newlines
Fixed a DeprecationWarning in Python 3.7

NormalizedDict's default normalizer (exposed as the lower() function) now passes non-strings through unchanged
HeaderParser instances can now be compared for non-identity equality
HeaderParser.add_field() and HeaderParser.add_additional() now take an optional action argument for customizing the parser's behavior when a field is encountered
Made the unfold() function public

Initial release