[Python-Dev] Dropping bytes "support" in json

[Antoine Pitrou]

Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan <at> ochtman.nl> writes:
> 
> The RFC states
> that JSON-text = object / array, meaning "loads" for '"hi"' isn't
> strictly valid.

Sure, but then:

>>> json.loads('[]')
[]
>>> json.loads(u'[]'.encode('utf16'))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/antoine/cpython/__svn__/Lib/json/__init__.py", line 310, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/home/antoine/cpython/__svn__/Lib/json/decoder.py", line 344, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/home/antoine/cpython/__svn__/Lib/json/decoder.py", line 362, in raw_decode
    raise ValueError("No JSON object could be decoded")
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded


Cheers

Antoine.