New submission from Raymond Hettinger:
The error message for malformed JSON just tells you that the JSON is invalid,
it doesn't say why (showing you which character bombed, what text is being
read, what the pending openers are, or what allowable characters would have
been expected). In the
R. David Murray added the comment:
Python 3.4.0+ (3.4:d994d75cce95, May 6 2014, 21:37:02)
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux
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import json
json.loads('''[
... boys: 10,
... girls: 20,
... ]''')
Traceback (most recent
Raymond Hettinger added the comment:
What do you think about backporting the improved error messages?
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R. David Murray added the comment:
Hmm. I guess I don't have any objection in principle. It is hard to imagine
why someone would depend on the exact format of the old low-information
messages, though anything is possible.
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