On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > Just for S&G, and without checking the version numbers of anything, this > may not be all that bulletproof a test: > > gene@coyote:~$ echo '[1, 2, 3]' | json_xs -t null 2>/dev/null; echo $? > 127 > gene@coyote:~$ echo '[1; 2, 3]' | json_xs -t null 2>/dev/null; echo $? > 127 > > Old, buntu 10.04.4 LTS system, all up to date security patches wise. > kernal 3.13.9, PAE on a quad core phenom. > > Interesting result. Source of error? DamnedifIknow. >
Return value 127 might well mean that json_xs isn't installed. It's very difficult for a non-program to tell you whether JSON is valid or not :) So I'd be checking 'which json_xs' before continuing. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
