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authorJames Gerity <snoopjedi@gmail.com>2021-12-07 09:58:40 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-12-07 09:58:40 (GMT)
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bpo-46001: Change OverflowError to RecursionError in JSON library docstrings (GH-29943)
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/json.rst4
-rw-r--r--Lib/json/__init__.py4
-rw-r--r--Lib/json/encoder.py2
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst
index 6fa89f5..1810e04 100644
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Basic Usage
If *check_circular* is false (default: ``True``), then the circular
reference check for container types will be skipped and a circular reference
- will result in an :exc:`OverflowError` (or worse).
+ will result in an :exc:`RecursionError` (or worse).
If *allow_nan* is false (default: ``True``), then it will be a
:exc:`ValueError` to serialize out of range :class:`float` values (``nan``,
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ Encoders and Decoders
If *check_circular* is true (the default), then lists, dicts, and custom
encoded objects will be checked for circular references during encoding to
- prevent an infinite recursion (which would cause an :exc:`OverflowError`).
+ prevent an infinite recursion (which would cause an :exc:`RecursionError`).
Otherwise, no such check takes place.
If *allow_nan* is true (the default), then ``NaN``, ``Infinity``, and
diff --git a/Lib/json/__init__.py b/Lib/json/__init__.py
index 2c52bde..e4c21da 100644
--- a/Lib/json/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/json/__init__.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def dump(obj, fp, *, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
If ``check_circular`` is false, then the circular reference check
for container types will be skipped and a circular reference will
- result in an ``OverflowError`` (or worse).
+ result in an ``RecursionError`` (or worse).
If ``allow_nan`` is false, then it will be a ``ValueError`` to
serialize out of range ``float`` values (``nan``, ``inf``, ``-inf``)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def dumps(obj, *, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
If ``check_circular`` is false, then the circular reference check
for container types will be skipped and a circular reference will
- result in an ``OverflowError`` (or worse).
+ result in an ``RecursionError`` (or worse).
If ``allow_nan`` is false, then it will be a ``ValueError`` to
serialize out of range ``float`` values (``nan``, ``inf``, ``-inf``) in
diff --git a/Lib/json/encoder.py b/Lib/json/encoder.py
index c8c78b9..21bff2c 100644
--- a/Lib/json/encoder.py
+++ b/Lib/json/encoder.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class JSONEncoder(object):
If check_circular is true, then lists, dicts, and custom encoded
objects will be checked for circular references during encoding to
- prevent an infinite recursion (which would cause an OverflowError).
+ prevent an infinite recursion (which would cause an RecursionError).
Otherwise, no such check takes place.
If allow_nan is true, then NaN, Infinity, and -Infinity will be