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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/json.rst | 30 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst index 69ebc4f..ed5cf21 100644 --- a/Doc/library/json.rst +++ b/Doc/library/json.rst @@ -127,11 +127,14 @@ Basic Usage :class:`float`, :class:`bool`, ``None``) will be skipped instead of raising a :exc:`TypeError`. - If *ensure_ascii* is ``False`` (default: ``True``), then some chunks written - to *fp* may be :class:`unicode` instances, subject to normal Python - :class:`str` to :class:`unicode` coercion rules. Unless ``fp.write()`` - explicitly understands :class:`unicode` (as in :func:`codecs.getwriter`) this - is likely to cause an error. + If *ensure_ascii* is ``True`` (the default), all non-ASCII characters in the + output are escaped with ``\uXXXX`` sequences, and the result is a + :class:`str` instance consisting of ASCII characters only. If + *ensure_ascii* is ``False``, some chunks written to *fp* may be + :class:`unicode` instances. This usually happens because the input contains + unicode strings or the *encoding* parameter is used. Unless ``fp.write()`` + explicitly understands :class:`unicode` (as in :func:`codecs.getwriter`) + this is likely to cause an error. If *check_circular* is ``False`` (default: ``True``), then the circular reference check for container types will be skipped and a circular reference @@ -168,11 +171,11 @@ Basic Usage .. function:: dumps(obj[, skipkeys[, ensure_ascii[, check_circular[, allow_nan[, cls[, indent[, separators[, encoding[, default[, **kw]]]]]]]]]]) - Serialize *obj* to a JSON formatted :class:`str`. + Serialize *obj* to a JSON formatted :class:`str`. If *ensure_ascii* is + ``False``, the result may contain non-ASCII characters and the return value + may be a :class:`unicode` instance. - If *ensure_ascii* is ``False``, then the return value will be a - :class:`unicode` instance. The other arguments have the same meaning as in - :func:`dump`. + The arguments have the same meaning as in :func:`dump`. .. note:: @@ -371,9 +374,12 @@ Encoders and Decoders attempt encoding of keys that are not str, int, long, float or None. If *skipkeys* is ``True``, such items are simply skipped. - If *ensure_ascii* is ``True`` (the default), the output is guaranteed to be - :class:`str` objects with all incoming unicode characters escaped. If - *ensure_ascii* is ``False``, the output will be a unicode object. + If *ensure_ascii* is ``True`` (the default), all non-ASCII characters in the + output are escaped with ``\uXXXX`` sequences, and the results are + :class:`str` instances consisting of ASCII characters only. If + *ensure_ascii* is ``False``, a result may be a :class:`unicode` + instance. This usually happens if the input contains unicode strings or the + *encoding* parameter is used. If *check_circular* is ``True`` (the default), then lists, dicts, and custom encoded objects will be checked for circular references during encoding to |