[Python-Dev] Status of json (simplejson) in cpython
Antoine Pitrou
solipsis at pitrou.net
Sun Apr 17 01:16:34 CEST 2011
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:48:45 +0100
Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> On 16/04/2011 22:28, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
> > Am 16.04.2011 21:13, schrieb Vinay Sajip:
> >> Martin v. Löwis<martin<at> v.loewis.de> writes:
> >>
> >>> Does it actually need improvement?
> >> I can't actually say, but I assume it keeps changing for the better - albeit
> >> slowly. I wasn't thinking of specific improvements, just the idea of continuous
> >> improvement in general...
> > Hmm. I cannot believe in the notion of "continuous improvement"; I'd
> > guess that it is rather "continuous change".
> >
> > I can see three possible areas of improvment:
> > 1. Bugs: if there are any, they should clearly be fixed. However, JSON
> > is a simple format, so the implementation should be able to converge
> > to something fairly correct quickly.
> > 2. Performance: there is always room for performance improvements.
> > However, I strongly recommend to not bother unless a severe
> > bottleneck can be demonstrated.
> Well, there was a 5x speedup demonstrated comparing simplejson to the
> standard library json module.
No.
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