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@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Basic Usage
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.
+ *cls* kwarg; otherwise :class:`JSONEncoder` is used.
.. function:: dumps(obj[, skipkeys[, ensure_ascii[, check_circular[, allow_nan[, cls[, indent[, separators[, encoding[, default[, **kw]]]]]]]]]])
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ Basic Usage
are encountered.
To use a custom :class:`JSONDecoder` subclass, specify it with the ``cls``
- kwarg. Additional keyword arguments will be passed to the constructor of the
- class.
+ kwarg; otherwise :class:`JSONDecoder` is used. Additional keyword arguments
+ will be passed to the constructor of the class.
.. function:: loads(s[, encoding[, cls[, object_hook[, parse_float[, parse_int[, parse_constant[, object_pairs_hook[, **kw]]]]]]]])
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ Encoders and decoders
``'false'``. This can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers
are encountered.
+ If *strict* is ``False`` (``True`` is the default), then control characters
+ will be allowed inside strings. Control characters in this context are
+ those with character codes in the 0-31 range, including ``'\t'`` (tab),
+ ``'\n'``, ``'\r'`` and ``'\0'``.
+
.. method:: decode(s)