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+# Copyright 2013-2021 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PyDpath(PythonPackage):
+    """A python library for accessing and searching dictionaries via
+       /slashed/paths ala xpath."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/akesterson/dpath-python"
+    pypi     = "dpath/dpath-2.0.1.tar.gz"
+
+    version('2.0.1', sha256='bea06b5f4ff620a28dfc9848cf4d6b2bfeed34238edeb8ebe815c433b54eb1fa')
+
+    depends_on('python@2.7:', type=('build', 'run'))