This is a better link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Streaming
On Mar 27, 2017 3:45 PM, "David Mertz" <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote: > The format JSON lines (http://jsonlines.org/) is pretty widely used, but > is an extension of JSON itself. Basically, it's the idea that you can put > one object per physical line to allow incremental reading or spending of > objects. > > It's a good idea, and I think the `json` module should support it. But it > definitely doesn't belong in `pathlib`. > > On Mar 27, 2017 3:36 PM, "Paul Moore" <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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/ >> >
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