Python 2.6 contains the json module, which I thought was the renamed (and improved?) simplejson module that also works on older Python versions.
However, it seems the json is a lot slower than simplejson. This little test, run on Python 2.6.2 and WinXP shows a dramatic difference: C:\>py26 -m timeit -s "from json import dumps, loads" "loads(dumps(range(32)))" 1000 loops, best of 3: 618 usec per loop C:\>py26 -m timeit -s "from simplejson import dumps, loads" "loads(dumps(range(32)))" 10000 loops, best of 3: 31 usec per loop Does anyone have an explanation for that? Thanks, Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
