Glossary
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.. glossary::

   PyFFI
     Python File Format Interface. Also see :term:`file`,
     :term:`interface`, and :mod:`pyffi`.

   file
     A byte stream.

   file format
     See :term:`interface`.

   file format interface
     See :term:`interface`.

   interface
     An interface provides a semantic translation of a byte stream to
     an organized collection of named Python objects, which are
     typically bundled into a classes.

   spell
     A transformation that can be applied to a file.

   toaster
     Applies one or more spells to all files of all subdirectories of
     a given directory.