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Expand Up @@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ support writing TOML.
Added TOML 1.1.0 support.
See the :ref:`What's New <whatsnew315-tomllib-1-1-0>` for details.

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.. note::
.. warning::

IMO, it should be a warning.


Be cautious when parsing data from untrusted sources.
A malicious TOML string may cause the decoder to consume considerable
CPU and memory resources.
Limiting the size of data to be parsed is recommended.

.. seealso::

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