New submission from Daniel Ward: To help prevent retrospective JSONEncoder overrides when failing to serialize a given object, the intention of this issue is to propose that the JSON encoder checks if a given object has a __json__ attribute, using that rather than raising a TypeError.
This will help in maintaining easier-to-follow code and keeps the responsibility of determining how an object should be represented in JSON objects firmly within the object itself. The obj.__json__ callable/attribute should behave in the same way as __repr__ or __str__, for example. I'm happy to look in to contributing this enhancement myself if that's preferred. Any pointers as to how I go about contributing are greatly appreciated. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 268991 nosy: Daniel Ward priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: json.dumps to check for obj.__json__ before raising TypeError type: enhancement _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27362> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
