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

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Apr 16 23:28:20 CEST 2011

Am 16.04.2011 21:13, schrieb Vinay Sajip:

Martin v. Löwis <martin 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.
  3. API changes: people apparently want JSON to be more flexible wrt. Python types that are not directly supported in JSON. I'd rather take a conservative approach here, involving a lot of people before adding an API feature or even an incompatibility.

Regards, Martin

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