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-rw-r--r--Lib/json/__init__.py18
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/json/__init__.py b/Lib/json/__init__.py
index 725b5cd..86a7a3e 100644
--- a/Lib/json/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/json/__init__.py
@@ -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).
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ 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 +167,7 @@ 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 +175,7 @@ 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 +184,7 @@ 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
@@ -213,6 +216,9 @@ 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 +228,14 @@ 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)