On 2020-07-06, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 12:01 AM Jon Ribbens via Python-list ><python-list@python.org> wrote: >> I think what you're saying is, if we do: >> >> json1 = json.dumps(foo) >> json2 = json.dumps(json.loads(json1)) >> assert json1 == json2 >> >> the assertion should never fail (given that Python dictionaries are >> ordered these days). I seems to me that should probably be true >> regardless of any 'strict mode' flag - I can't immediately think of >> any reason it wouldn't be. > > Right. But in strict mode, the stronger assertion would hold: > > assert obj == json.loads(json.dumps(obj)) > > Also, the intermediate text would be RFC-compliant. If this cannot be > done, ValueError would be raised. (Or maybe TypeError in some cases.)
Yes, I agree (although you'd need to call it something other than 'strict' mode, since that flag already exists). But note nothing I am suggesting would involve JSONEncoder ever producing non-standard output (except in cases where it already would). -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
