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authorFelix Crux <felixc@felixcrux.com>2013-08-12 21:39:51 (GMT)
committerFelix Crux <felixc@felixcrux.com>2013-08-12 21:39:51 (GMT)
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Documenting that json.load may raise a ValueError.
Issue #18680: JSONDecoder should document that it raises a ValueError for malformed data
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@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ Encoders and Decoders
those with character codes in the 0-31 range, including ``'\t'`` (tab),
``'\n'``, ``'\r'`` and ``'\0'``.
+ If the data being deserialized is not a valid JSON document, a
+ :exc:`ValueError` will be raised.
.. method:: decode(s)