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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2010-10-15 17:03:02 +0000
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2010-10-15 17:03:02 +0000
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downloadcpython-git-d4460aaacdae40505a4645a73c021bfc810c9cb3.tar.gz
#4785: document strict argument of JSONDecoder, plus add object_pairs_hook in the docstrings.
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@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Basic Usage
To use a custom :class:`JSONEncoder` subclass (e.g. one that overrides the
:meth:`default` method to serialize additional types), specify it with the
- *cls* kwarg.
+ *cls* kwarg; otherwise :class:`JSONEncoder` is used.
.. function:: dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None, default=None, **kw)
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ Basic Usage
are encountered.
To use a custom :class:`JSONDecoder` subclass, specify it with the ``cls``
- kwarg. Additional keyword arguments will be passed to the constructor of the
- class.
+ kwarg; otherwise :class:`JSONDecoder` is used. Additional keyword arguments
+ will be passed to the constructor of the class.
.. function:: loads(s, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None, parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=None, **kw)
@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@ Encoders and decoders
``'false'``. This can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers
are encountered.
+ If *strict* is ``False`` (``True`` is the default), then control characters
+ will be allowed inside strings. Control characters in this context are
+ those with character codes in the 0-31 range, including ``'\t'`` (tab),
+ ``'\n'``, ``'\r'`` and ``'\0'``.
+
.. method:: decode(s)