On 27 March 2017 at 17:43, Bruce Leban <br...@leban.us> wrote: > the ability to read one json object from the input rather than reading the > entire input
Is this a well-defined idea? From a quick read of the JSON spec (which is remarkably short on details of how JSON is stored in files, etc) the only reference I can see is to a "JSON text" which is a JSON representation of a single value. There's nothing describing how multiple values would be stored in the same file/transmitted in the same stream. It's not unreasonable to assume "read one object, then read another" but without an analysis of the grammar, it's not 100% clear if the grammar supports that (you sort of have to assume that when you hit "the end of the object" you skip some whitespace then start on the next - but the spec doesn't say anything like that. Alternatively, it's just as reasonable to assume that json.load/json.loads expect to be passed a single "JSON text" as defined by the spec. If the spec was clear on how multiple objects in a single stream should be handled, then yes the json module should support that. But without anything explicit in the spec, it's not as obvious. What do other languages do? Paul _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
