The BaseObject
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.. class:: BaseObject

   Parent of almost all other classes in the package. Defines a common "dump" method
   for debugging.

.. method:: BaseObject.dump(f=None, header=None, footer=None, indent=0)

   :param filelike f: open file object, to which the dump is written
   :param str header: text to write before the dump
   :param str footer: text to write after the dump
   :param int indent: number of leading spaces (for recursive calls)