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diff --git a/docs/validate.rst b/docs/validate.rst index 4e6f80d..ac33802 100644 --- a/docs/validate.rst +++ b/docs/validate.rst @@ -181,12 +181,13 @@ given JSON type. case and generality. For instance, JSON Schema defines a ``number`` type, which can be validated with a schema such as ``{"type" : "number"}``. By default, this will accept instances of Python :class:`number.Number`. This includes in -particular :class:`int`\s and :class:`float`\s, along with `decimal.Decimal` -objects, :class:`complex` numbers etc. For ``integer`` and ``object``, however, -rather than checking for :class:`number.Integral` and -:class:`collections.Mapping`, :mod:`jsonschema` simply checks for :class:`int` -and :class:`dict`, since the former can introduce significant slowdown in these -common cases. +particular :class:`int`\s and :class:`float`\s, along with +:class:`decimal.Decimal` objects, :class:`complex` numbers etc. For +``integer`` and ``object``, however, rather than checking for +:class:`number.Integral` and :class:`collections.Mapping`, :mod:`jsonschema` +simply checks for :class:`int` and :class:`dict`, since the more general +instance checks can introduce significant slowdown, especially given how common +validating these types are. If you *do* want the generality, or just want to add a few specific additional types as being acceptible for a validator, :class:`IValidator`\s have a |