bpo-30877: Fix clearing a cache in the the JSON decoder. (GH-7048)

Lib/json/scanner.py

@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ def py_make_scanner(context):
         finally:
             memo.clear()
 
-    return _scan_once
+    return scan_once
 
 make_scanner = c_make_scanner or py_make_scanner

Lib/test/test_json/test_decode.py

@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ class TestDecode:
     def test_keys_reuse(self):
         s = '[{"a_key": 1, "b_\xe9": 2}, {"a_key": 3, "b_\xe9": 4}]'
         self.check_keys_reuse(s, self.loads)
-        self.check_keys_reuse(s, self.json.decoder.JSONDecoder().decode)
+        decoder = self.json.decoder.JSONDecoder()
+        self.check_keys_reuse(s, decoder.decode)
+        self.assertFalse(decoder.memo)
 
     def test_extra_data(self):
         s = '[1, 2, 3]5'

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-05-22-13-05-12.bpo-30877.JZEGjI.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fixed a bug in the Python implementation of the JSON decoder that prevented
+the cache of parsed strings from clearing after finishing the decoding.
+Based on patch by c-fos.