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 go-spew
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-Implements a deep pretty printer for Go data structures to aid in debugging
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+Go-spew implements a deep pretty printer for Go data structures to aid in
+debugging.  It is still under initial development, so some of the formatting
+output is likely to change, however it is already quite capable.   It is
+licensed under the liberal ISC license, so it may be used in open source or
+commercial projects.
+
+## Documentation
+
+Full `go doc` style documentation for the project can be viewed online without
+installing this package by using the excellent GoDoc site here:
+http://godoc.org/github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew
+
+You can also view the documentation locally once the package is installed with
+the `godoc` tool by running `godoc -http=":6060"` and pointing your browser to
+http://localhost:6060/pkg/github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+$ go get github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew
+```
+
+## Quick Start
+
+To dump a variable with full newlines, indentation, type, and pointer
+information use Dump or Fdump:
+
+```Go
+spew.Dump(myVar1, myVar2, ...)
+spew.Fdump(someWriter, myVar1, myVar2, ...)
+```
+
+Alternatively, if you would prefer to use format strings with a compacted inline
+printing style, use the convenience wrappers Printf, Fprintf, etc with either
+%v (most compact) or %+v (adds pointer addresses):
+
+```Go
+spew.Printf("myVar1: %v -- myVar2: %+v", myVar1, myVar2)
+spew.Fprintf(someWriter, "myVar1: %v -- myVar2: %+v", myVar1, myVar2)
+```
+
+## Sample Dump Output
+
+```
+  (main.Foo) {
+	 unexportedField: (*main.Bar)(0xf84002e210)({
+	  flag: (main.Flag) flagTwo,
+	  data: (uintptr) <nil>
+	 }),
+	 ExportedField: (map[interface {}]interface {}) {
+	  (string) "one": (bool) true
+	 }
+	}
+```
+
+## License
+
+Go-spew is licensed under the liberal ISC License.