On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:51:52 +0100
Paul Moore <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> For example, the numpy case might be covered completely by the JSON
> module just adding supporting for types that provide an __index__
> method. So rather than needing a new protocol, an existing one might
> be perfectly adequate. (Although I've not looked into this in any
> great detail, so it's entirely likely I've missed something critical -
> my point is mainly that with a proper use case, we can discuss
> solutions in the context of a real requirement).

I suspect that __index__ might work for integer-like objects.  But then
you have to deal with other objects such as numpy.float32, numpy.bool_,
etc.

Regards

Antoine.

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