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diff --git a/doc/src/index.rst b/doc/src/index.rst index 595c236..04fb929 100644 --- a/doc/src/index.rst +++ b/doc/src/index.rst @@ -15,16 +15,10 @@ Psycopg 2 is mostly implemented in C as a libpq_ wrapper, resulting in being both efficient and secure. It features client-side and :ref:`server-side <server-side-cursors>` cursors, :ref:`asynchronous communication <async-support>` and :ref:`notifications <async-notify>`, |COPY-TO-FROM|__ -support, and a flexible :ref:`objects adaptation system -<python-types-adaptation>`. Many basic Python types are supported -out-of-the-box and mapped to matching PostgreSQL data types, such as strings -(both byte strings and Unicode), numbers (ints, longs, floats, decimals), -booleans and date/time objects (both built-in and `mx.DateTime`_), several -types of :ref:`binary objects <adapt-binary>`. Also available are mappings -between lists and PostgreSQL arrays of any supported type, between -:ref:`dictionaries and PostgreSQL hstore <adapt-hstore>`, between -:ref:`tuples/namedtuples and PostgreSQL composite types <adapt-composite>`, -and between Python objects and :ref:`JSON <adapt-json>`. +support. Many Python types are supported out-of-the-box and :ref:`adapted to +matching PostgreSQL data types <python-types-adaptation>`; adaptation can be +extended and customized thanks to a flexible :ref:`objects adaptation system +<adapting-new-types>`. Psycopg 2 is both Unicode and Python 3 friendly. |