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diff --git a/Lib/json/__init__.py b/Lib/json/__init__.py
index ba2bc1d..48a4f8f 100644
--- a/Lib/json/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/json/__init__.py
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ Compact encoding::
Pretty printing::
>>> import json
- >>> s = json.dumps({'4': 5, '6': 7}, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
- >>> print('\n'.join([l.rstrip() for l in s.splitlines()]))
+ >>> print(json.dumps({'4': 5, '6': 7}, sort_keys=True,
+ ... indent=4, separators=(',', ': ')))
{
"4": 5,
"6": 7
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Using json.tool from the shell to validate and pretty-print::
"json": "obj"
}
$ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -m json.tool
- Expecting property name: line 1 column 2 (char 2)
+ Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 3 (char 2)
"""
__version__ = '2.0.9'
__all__ = [
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ _default_encoder = JSONEncoder(
def dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None,
- default=None, **kw):
+ default=None, sort_keys=False, **kw):
"""Serialize ``obj`` as a JSON formatted stream to ``fp`` (a
``.write()``-supporting file-like object).
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ def dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
If ``indent`` is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and
object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent
level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the most compact
- representation.
+ representation. Since the default item separator is ``', '``, the
+ output might include trailing whitespace when ``indent`` is specified.
+ You can use ``separators=(',', ': ')`` to avoid this.
If ``separators`` is an ``(item_separator, dict_separator)`` tuple
then it will be used instead of the default ``(', ', ': ')`` separators.
@@ -155,6 +157,9 @@ 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.
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ 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
- default is None and not kw):
+ default is None and not sort_keys and not kw):
iterable = _default_encoder.iterencode(obj)
else:
if cls is None:
@@ -172,7 +177,7 @@ 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,
- 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:
@@ -181,7 +186,7 @@ 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,
- default=None, **kw):
+ 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
@@ -204,7 +209,9 @@ def dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
If ``indent`` is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and
object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent
level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the most compact
- representation.
+ representation. Since the default item separator is ``', '``, the
+ output might include trailing whitespace when ``indent`` is specified.
+ You can use ``separators=(',', ': ')`` to avoid this.
If ``separators`` is an ``(item_separator, dict_separator)`` tuple
then it will be used instead of the default ``(', ', ': ')`` separators.
@@ -213,6 +220,9 @@ 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.
@@ -222,14 +232,14 @@ 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
- default is None and not kw):
+ default is None and not sort_keys and not kw):
return _default_encoder.encode(obj)
if cls is None:
cls = JSONEncoder
return cls(
skipkeys=skipkeys, ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii,
check_circular=check_circular, allow_nan=allow_nan, indent=indent,
- separators=separators, default=default,
+ separators=separators, default=default, sort_keys=sort_keys,
**kw).encode(obj)