[Python-Dev] Status of json (simplejson) in cpython (original) (raw)

Bob Ippolito bob at redivi.com
Fri Apr 15 23🔞04 CEST 2011


On Friday, April 15, 2011, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

> Since the JSON spec is set in stone, the changes > will mostly be about API (indentation, object conversion, etc) > and optimization.  I presume the core parsing logic won't > be changing much. Actually the core parsing logic is very different (and MUCH faster), Are you talking about the Python logic or the C logic?

Both, actually. IIRC simplejson in pure python typically beats json with it's C extension.

-bob



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