From 2ec53be2e272bbe475b2c8173a03dbb29d1413ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Svetlov Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:10:30 +0200 Subject: Issue #14570: Document json sort_keys parameter properly. Patch by Chris Rebert. --- Doc/library/json.rst | 13 +++++++++++-- Lib/json/__init__.py | 18 ++++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst index 95f120c..f9547cb 100644 --- a/Doc/library/json.rst +++ b/Doc/library/json.rst @@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ Using json.tool from the shell to validate and pretty-print:: Basic Usage ----------- -.. function:: dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None, default=None, **kw) +.. function:: dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, \ + check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, \ + indent=None, separators=None, default=None, \ + sort_keys=False, **kw) Serialize *obj* as a JSON formatted stream to *fp* (a ``.write()``-supporting :term:`file-like object`). @@ -159,12 +162,18 @@ 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. -.. function:: dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None, default=None, **kw) +.. function:: dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, \ + check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, \ + indent=None, separators=None, default=None, \ + sort_keys=False, **kw) Serialize *obj* to a JSON formatted :class:`str`. The arguments have the same meaning as in :func:`dump`. 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) -- cgit v0.12