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Property list reader (via the plist crate). Read-only.
A plist is read into the same value tree every other format produces, with one rule per plist type:
| plist | value |
|---|---|
dict | object |
array | array |
string | string |
integer | integer |
real | float |
true / false | bool |
date | RFC 3339 string in UTC, e.g. 2026-11-08T03:00:00Z |
data | standard base64 string |
XML and binary property lists (bplist magic) map identically. A binary one
is recognised from its raw bytes by [is_binary] before any UTF-8 decoding,
parsed by [load_binary], and carries no source text because the format is
read-only.