From dfb67ebe4dd1c8f1cddad8a4858dae7b5abc63ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Friesel <derf@derf.homelinux.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:34:49 +0200
Subject: documentation: Note the Simplestore restrictions, added MOTIVATION
 section

---
 lib/Simplestore.pm | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/Simplestore.pm b/lib/Simplestore.pm
index 222aab1..c12bb7b 100644
--- a/lib/Simplestore.pm
+++ b/lib/Simplestore.pm
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ Simplestore - simple storage format for hash refs
 B<Simplestore> is a perl library to store hashes in a very simple,
 easy-to-parse file format.
 
+Note that it can only store simple hashes with string/digit values.
+References or any other complex stuff is not supported.
+
 =head1 FUNCTIONS
 
 =over
@@ -94,6 +97,13 @@ save I<hashref> in I<storefile>. Returns nothing.
 
 =back
 
+=head1 MOTIVATION
+
+B<Simplestore> aims to provide a common, simple format to store data.
+The format is extremely easy to parse in almost all languages, even C or Shell,
+thus Simplestore should offer a good way to exchange non-complex data between
+apps of all kinds.
+
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
 Copyright (C) 2009 by Daniel Friesel.
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