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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/json.rst13
-rw-r--r--Lib/json/__init__.py18
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst
index ed5cf21..e5ef1e7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ Using json.tool from the shell to validate and pretty-print::
Basic Usage
-----------
-.. function:: dump(obj, fp[, skipkeys[, ensure_ascii[, check_circular[, allow_nan[, cls[, indent[, separators[, encoding[, default[, **kw]]]]]]]]]])
+.. function:: dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, \
+ check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, \
+ indent=None, separators=None, encoding="utf-8", \
+ default=None, sort_keys=False, **kw)
Serialize *obj* as a JSON formatted stream to *fp* (a ``.write()``-supporting
:term:`file-like object`).
@@ -159,6 +162,9 @@ Basic Usage
*default(obj)* is a function that should return a serializable version of
*obj* or raise :exc:`TypeError`. The default simply raises :exc:`TypeError`.
+ If *sort_keys* is ``True`` (default: ``False``), then the output of
+ dictionaries will be sorted by key.
+
To use a custom :class:`JSONEncoder` subclass (e.g. one that overrides the
:meth:`default` method to serialize additional types), specify it with the
*cls* kwarg; otherwise :class:`JSONEncoder` is used.
@@ -169,7 +175,10 @@ Basic Usage
trying to serialize more objects with repeated calls to :func:`dump` and
the same *fp* will result in an invalid JSON file.
-.. function:: dumps(obj[, skipkeys[, ensure_ascii[, check_circular[, allow_nan[, cls[, indent[, separators[, encoding[, default[, **kw]]]]]]]]]])
+.. function:: dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, \
+ check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, \
+ indent=None, separators=None, encoding="utf-8", \
+ default=None, sort_keys=False, **kw)
Serialize *obj* to a JSON formatted :class:`str`. If *ensure_ascii* is
``False``, the result may contain non-ASCII characters and the return value
diff --git a/Lib/json/__init__.py b/Lib/json/__init__.py
index 4f3f6c5..f54bd4e 100644
--- a/Lib/json/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/json/__init__.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ _default_encoder = JSONEncoder(
def dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None,
- encoding='utf-8', default=None, **kw):
+ encoding='utf-8', default=None, sort_keys=False, **kw):
"""Serialize ``obj`` as a JSON formatted stream to ``fp`` (a
``.write()``-supporting file-like object).
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ def dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
``default(obj)`` is a function that should return a serializable version
of obj or raise TypeError. The default simply raises TypeError.
+ If *sort_keys* is ``True`` (default: ``False``), then the output of
+ dictionaries will be sorted by key.
+
To use a custom ``JSONEncoder`` subclass (e.g. one that overrides the
``.default()`` method to serialize additional types), specify it with
the ``cls`` kwarg; otherwise ``JSONEncoder`` is used.
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ def dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
if (not skipkeys and ensure_ascii and
check_circular and allow_nan and
cls is None and indent is None and separators is None and
- encoding == 'utf-8' and default is None and not kw):
+ encoding == 'utf-8' and default is None and not sort_keys and not kw):
iterable = _default_encoder.iterencode(obj)
else:
if cls is None:
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ def dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
iterable = cls(skipkeys=skipkeys, ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii,
check_circular=check_circular, allow_nan=allow_nan, indent=indent,
separators=separators, encoding=encoding,
- default=default, **kw).iterencode(obj)
+ default=default, sort_keys=sort_keys, **kw).iterencode(obj)
# could accelerate with writelines in some versions of Python, at
# a debuggability cost
for chunk in iterable:
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ def dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
def dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None,
- encoding='utf-8', default=None, **kw):
+ encoding='utf-8', default=None, sort_keys=False, **kw):
"""Serialize ``obj`` to a JSON formatted ``str``.
If ``skipkeys`` is false then ``dict`` keys that are not basic types
@@ -220,6 +223,9 @@ def dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
``default(obj)`` is a function that should return a serializable version
of obj or raise TypeError. The default simply raises TypeError.
+ If *sort_keys* is ``True`` (default: ``False``), then the output of
+ dictionaries will be sorted by key.
+
To use a custom ``JSONEncoder`` subclass (e.g. one that overrides the
``.default()`` method to serialize additional types), specify it with
the ``cls`` kwarg; otherwise ``JSONEncoder`` is used.
@@ -229,7 +235,7 @@ def dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
if (not skipkeys and ensure_ascii and
check_circular and allow_nan and
cls is None and indent is None and separators is None and
- encoding == 'utf-8' and default is None and not kw):
+ encoding == 'utf-8' and default is None and not sort_keys and not kw):
return _default_encoder.encode(obj)
if cls is None:
cls = JSONEncoder
@@ -237,7 +243,7 @@ def dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
skipkeys=skipkeys, ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii,
check_circular=check_circular, allow_nan=allow_nan, indent=indent,
separators=separators, encoding=encoding, default=default,
- **kw).encode(obj)
+ sort_keys=sort_keys, **kw).encode(obj)
_default_decoder = JSONDecoder(encoding=None, object_hook=None,