Issue #4945: Improved the documenting of boolean arguments in the json module.

Based on patch by Gabriel Genellina.
This commit is contained in:
Serhiy Storchaka 2016-06-30 13:59:12 +03:00
parent 0ab67dfb7c
commit 15287f8bcc
2 changed files with 28 additions and 24 deletions

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@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Extending :class:`JSONEncoder`::
.. highlight:: bash
Using json.tool from the shell to validate and pretty-print::
Using :mod:`json.tool` from the shell to validate and pretty-print::
$ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -m json.tool
{
@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Basic Usage
:term:`file-like object`) using this :ref:`conversion table
<py-to-json-table>`.
If *skipkeys* is ``True`` (default: ``False``), then dict keys that are not
If *skipkeys* is true (default: ``False``), then dict keys that are not
of a basic type (:class:`str`, :class:`int`, :class:`float`, :class:`bool`,
``None``) will be skipped instead of raising a :exc:`TypeError`.
@ -143,18 +143,19 @@ Basic Usage
:class:`bytes` objects. Therefore, ``fp.write()`` must support :class:`str`
input.
If *ensure_ascii* is ``True`` (the default), the output is guaranteed to
If *ensure_ascii* is true (the default), the output is guaranteed to
have all incoming non-ASCII characters escaped. If *ensure_ascii* is
``False``, these characters will be output as-is.
false, these characters will be output as-is.
If *check_circular* is ``False`` (default: ``True``), then the circular
If *check_circular* is false (default: ``True``), then the circular
reference check for container types will be skipped and a circular reference
will result in an :exc:`OverflowError` (or worse).
If *allow_nan* is ``False`` (default: ``True``), then it will be a
If *allow_nan* is false (default: ``True``), then it will be a
:exc:`ValueError` to serialize out of range :class:`float` values (``nan``,
``inf``, ``-inf``) in strict compliance of the JSON specification, instead of
using the JavaScript equivalents (``NaN``, ``Infinity``, ``-Infinity``).
``inf``, ``-inf``) in strict compliance of the JSON specification.
If *allow_nan* is true, their JavaScript equivalents (``NaN``,
``Infinity``, ``-Infinity``) will be used.
If *indent* is a non-negative integer or string, then JSON array elements and
object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent level
@ -174,10 +175,12 @@ Basic Usage
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Use ``(',', ': ')`` as default if *indent* is not ``None``.
*default(obj)* is a function that should return a serializable version of
*obj* or raise :exc:`TypeError`. The default simply raises :exc:`TypeError`.
If specified, *default* should be a function that gets called for objects that
can't otherwise be serialized. It should return a JSON encodable version of
the object or raise a :exc:`TypeError`. If not specified, :exc:`TypeError`
is raised.
If *sort_keys* is ``True`` (default: ``False``), then the output of
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
@ -333,7 +336,7 @@ Encoders and Decoders
``'false'``. This can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers
are encountered.
If *strict* is ``False`` (``True`` is the default), then control characters
If *strict* is false (``True`` is the default), then control characters
will be allowed inside strings. Control characters in this context are
those with character codes in the 0-31 range, including ``'\t'`` (tab),
``'\n'``, ``'\r'`` and ``'\0'``.
@ -393,26 +396,26 @@ Encoders and Decoders
for ``o`` if possible, otherwise it should call the superclass implementation
(to raise :exc:`TypeError`).
If *skipkeys* is ``False`` (the default), then it is a :exc:`TypeError` to
If *skipkeys* is false (the default), then it is a :exc:`TypeError` to
attempt encoding of keys that are not str, int, float or None. If
*skipkeys* is ``True``, such items are simply skipped.
*skipkeys* is true, such items are simply skipped.
If *ensure_ascii* is ``True`` (the default), the output is guaranteed to
If *ensure_ascii* is true (the default), the output is guaranteed to
have all incoming non-ASCII characters escaped. If *ensure_ascii* is
``False``, these characters will be output as-is.
false, these characters will be output as-is.
If *check_circular* is ``True`` (the default), then lists, dicts, and custom
If *check_circular* is true (the default), then lists, dicts, and custom
encoded objects will be checked for circular references during encoding to
prevent an infinite recursion (which would cause an :exc:`OverflowError`).
Otherwise, no such check takes place.
If *allow_nan* is ``True`` (the default), then ``NaN``, ``Infinity``, and
If *allow_nan* is true (the default), then ``NaN``, ``Infinity``, and
``-Infinity`` will be encoded as such. This behavior is not JSON
specification compliant, but is consistent with most JavaScript based
encoders and decoders. Otherwise, it will be a :exc:`ValueError` to encode
such floats.
If *sort_keys* is ``True`` (default ``False``), then the output of dictionaries
If *sort_keys* is true (default: ``False``), then the output of dictionaries
will be sorted by key; this is useful for regression tests to ensure that
JSON serializations can be compared on a day-to-day basis.
@ -434,9 +437,10 @@ Encoders and Decoders
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Use ``(',', ': ')`` as default if *indent* is not ``None``.
If specified, *default* is a function that gets called for objects that can't
otherwise be serialized. It should return a JSON encodable version of the
object or raise a :exc:`TypeError`.
If specified, *default* should be a function that gets called for objects that
can't otherwise be serialized. It should return a JSON encodable version of
the object or raise a :exc:`TypeError`. If not specified, :exc:`TypeError`
is raised.
.. method:: default(o)

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@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ 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
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
@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ 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
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