docs: compress prose/module docstrings, em-dash->hyphen (de-bloat wave 1)

Signed-off-by: disqualifier <dev@disqualifier.me>

README.md

@@ -10,18 +10,18 @@ a sibling of the `mongo` lib. Class is **`PsqlDB`**.
 `requirements.txt`:
 
 ```
-psql @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/psql.git@v0.1.5
+psql @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/psql.git@v0.1.6
 ```
 
 Direct:
 
 ```bash
-pip install "psql @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/psql.git@v0.1.5"
+pip install "psql @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/psql.git@v0.1.6"
 ```
 
 Pulls `asyncpg`.
 
-Drop the `@v0.1.5` suffix from the line above to install the latest unpinned.
+Drop the `@v0.1.6` suffix from the line above to install the latest unpinned.
 
 ## The two-layer API
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "psql"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 description = "async postgres wrapper over asyncpg: two-layer API (friendly verbs + raw escape hatch), fail-loud, config-free"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [

src/psql/psql.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-async postgres wrapper over asyncpg — two-layer API (friendly verbs + raw escape hatch)
+async postgres wrapper over asyncpg - two-layer API (friendly verbs + raw escape hatch)
 
 object pattern (one pool per process), attach to the app:
     from psql import PsqlDB
@@ -13,44 +13,29 @@ context manager:
     async with PsqlDB(database="app", user="postgres") as db:
         await db.execute("CREATE TABLE ...")
 
-lifecycle:
-    construction is sync, opens no socket. connect() builds the asyncpg pool, validates it
-    with `SELECT 1` (fail loud on bad host/credentials immediately, not on the first real
-    op), returns self; concurrent connect() calls are lock-serialized so only one pool is
-    ever live. close() closes the pool and nulls the reference (a closed instance reports
-    not-connected).
-
 dsn:
-    host/port default to None, not "localhost"/5432 — asyncpg only reads a dsn's embedded
+    host/port default to None, not "localhost"/5432 - asyncpg only reads a dsn's embedded
     host/port when the host/port kwargs are falsy, so a hardcoded default would silently
     shadow the dsn's server. pass dsn=... in pool_kwargs alone (no host/port) to let the
     dsn's own host/port reach asyncpg; the no-dsn path still defaults to localhost:5432.
 
 two-layer API:
-    LAYER 1 — friendly, portable verbs for simple single-table CRUD. these hide the
+    LAYER 1 - friendly, portable verbs for simple single-table CRUD, byte-for-byte
-    dialect and are byte-for-byte identical to the `mysql` lib, so a dev swaps psql<->mysql
+    identical to the `mysql` lib (zero call-site changes swapping psql<->mysql):
-    with zero call-site changes: create_database, create_table, drop, insert, get,
+    create_database, create_table, drop, insert, get, get_one, delete, exists, upsert.
-    get_one, delete, exists, upsert.
+    LAYER 2 - raw escape hatch for the complex ~20% (joins, aggregates, CTEs, window
-    LAYER 2 — raw escape hatch for the complex ~20% (joins, aggregates, CTEs, window
+    functions): execute, fetch, fetchone, fetchval, transaction, using `$1, $2`
-    functions): execute, fetch, fetchone, fetchval, transaction. you write the SQL with
+    placeholders (asyncpg style). deliberately nothing in between - no query builder/ORM.
-    `$1, $2` placeholders (asyncpg style) + params; the wrapper still gives pooling,
-    parameterization, fail-loud errors, and row->dict conversion. raw SQL is psql-specific.
-    there is deliberately NOTHING in between — no query builder / ORM. a join goes through
-    raw fetch(), never a chainable .where()/.join().
-
-rows:
-    layer 1 and fetch/fetchone return plain dicts ({column: value}), not asyncpg Record
-    objects — identical shape to the mysql lib.
 
 placeholders / injection safety:
-    values are ALWAYS parameterized — layer 1 builds `$1, $2` internally; layer 2 takes
+    values are ALWAYS parameterized - layer 1 builds `$1, $2` internally; layer 2 takes
     your `$1` placeholders + *params. never f-string/format a value into SQL. only
     identifiers (table/column names) are interpolated, and they are quoted.
 
-errors (FAIL LOUD — unlike the mongo lib's swallow-and-default):
+errors (FAIL LOUD - unlike the mongo lib's swallow-and-default):
     every method catches the driver error (asyncpg.PostgresError / InterfaceError, OSError
     on connection loss), logs via getLogger(__name__), and re-raises. a None/[] return is
-    only ever a real result (no row, empty table) — never a swallowed failure. for anything
+    only ever a real result (no row, empty table) - never a swallowed failure. for anything
     not wrapped, use the raw `.pool` property (the asyncpg.Pool).
 """
 
@@ -68,7 +53,7 @@ _DRIVER_ERRORS = (asyncpg.PostgresError, asyncpg.InterfaceError, OSError)
 def _quote_ident(identifier: str) -> str:
     """quote a sql identifier (table/column), escaping embedded double-quotes
 
-    identifiers can't be parameterized, so they are interpolated — quoting + doubling any
+    identifiers can't be parameterized, so they are interpolated - quoting + doubling any
     embedded quote is the postgres-safe way to do that for caller-supplied names.
     """
     return '"' + identifier.replace('"', '""') + '"'
@@ -173,22 +158,20 @@ class PsqlDB:
 
     @property
     def pool(self) -> asyncpg.Pool:
-        """raw asyncpg.Pool escape hatch; full driver surface, raises
+        """raw asyncpg.Pool escape hatch for copy/prepare/listen-notify/cursors and
-
+        anything not wrapped; full driver surface, raises"""
-        use for copy/prepare/listen-notify/cursors and anything not wrapped.
-        """
         if self._pool is None:
             raise RuntimeError("psql: not connected; call await db.connect() first")
         return self._pool
 
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #   layer 2 — raw escape hatch (you write the SQL, $1 placeholders)
+    #   layer 2 - raw escape hatch (you write the SQL, $1 placeholders)
 
     async def execute(self, query: str, *params: Any) -> str:
         """run a statement (INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE/DDL); return asyncpg's status string
 
-        the status string is e.g. "INSERT 0 1" / "UPDATE 3" / "DELETE 2" — parse it or use
+        e.g. "INSERT 0 1" / "UPDATE 3" / "DELETE 2" - parse it, or use the layer-1 verbs
-        the layer-1 verbs (insert/delete) which return structured values instead.
+        (insert/delete) which return structured values instead.
         """
         try:
             return await self.pool.execute(query, *params)
@@ -208,8 +191,7 @@ class PsqlDB:
     async def fetchone(self, query: str, *params: Any) -> Optional[dict]:
         """run a query and return the first row as a dict, or None if no rows
 
-        named fetchone (not asyncpg's fetchrow) to match the mysql lib's layer-2 surface;
+        named fetchone (not asyncpg's fetchrow) to match the mysql lib's layer-2 surface.
-        maps to the driver's fetchrow internally.
         """
         try:
             row = await self.pool.fetchrow(query, *params)
@@ -234,15 +216,15 @@ class PsqlDB:
                 await conn.execute("INSERT ...", a)
                 await conn.execute("UPDATE ...", b)
         commits on clean exit, rolls back and re-raises on any error. `conn` is a raw
-        asyncpg connection (use its $1-placeholder execute/fetch/... directly).
+        asyncpg connection ($1-placeholder execute/fetch/... directly).
         """
         return _Transaction(self.pool)
 
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #   layer 1 — friendly portable verbs (identical across psql/mysql)
+    #   layer 1 - friendly portable verbs (identical across psql/mysql)
 
     async def create_database(self, name: str) -> None:
-        """CREATE DATABASE name (raises if it already exists — postgres has no IF NOT
+        """CREATE DATABASE name (raises if it already exists - postgres has no IF NOT
         EXISTS for CREATE DATABASE; catch the duplicate error or check first)"""
         try:
             await self.pool.execute(f"CREATE DATABASE {_quote_ident(name)}")
@@ -278,7 +260,7 @@ class PsqlDB:
         """INSERT one row from {column: value}; return the inserted rowcount (1)
 
         values are parameterized ($1, $2, ...). returns the number of rows inserted (1 on
-        success) — the portable return shape shared with the mysql lib.
+        success) - the portable return shape shared with the mysql lib.
         """
         cols = list(values.keys())
         placeholders = ", ".join(f"${i + 1}" for i in range(len(cols)))
@@ -294,7 +276,7 @@ class PsqlDB:
     async def get(self, table: str, conditions: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> List[dict]:
         """SELECT * rows matching equality `conditions` (col = val AND ...) as dicts
 
-        conditions=None/{} returns all rows. simple equality only — anything more complex
+        conditions=None/{} returns all rows. simple equality only - anything more complex
         goes through raw fetch().
         """
         where, params = _where(conditions)
@@ -342,7 +324,7 @@ class PsqlDB:
             raise
 
     async def upsert(self, table: str, values: Dict[str, Any], conflict: Sequence[str]) -> int:
-        """INSERT ... ON CONFLICT (conflict_cols) DO UPDATE — insert or update on key clash
+        """INSERT ... ON CONFLICT (conflict_cols) DO UPDATE - insert or update on key clash
 
         `conflict` is the list of columns forming the unique/pk constraint to upsert on.
         the wrapper emits ON CONFLICT here (the mysql lib emits ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE for
@@ -380,7 +362,7 @@ class _Transaction:
             await self._tx.start()
         except BaseException:
             # start() (or transaction()) failing after acquire would otherwise leak the
-            # pooled connection — __aexit__ is not called when __aenter__ raises. release
+            # pooled connection - __aexit__ is not called when __aenter__ raises. release
             # it and reset so a failed transaction start never burns a pool slot.
             await self._pool.release(self._conn)
             self._conn = None