[New-bugs-announce] [issue29863] Add a COMPACT constant to the json module

[Brett Cannon]

New submission from Brett Cannon:

In issue #29540 there was a suggestion to add a `compact` argument to json.dump() and json.dumps(). That was eventually rejected as adding complexity to an API that's already messy.

But in GH-72 someone created a COMPACT constant to the json module which gets a similar effect as a `compact` argument but without expanding any APIs. Unfortunately I think the constant proposal got lost in discussion of adding the `compact` argument, so I'm opening a new issue to make a final decision as to whether we should accept/reject the COMPACT constant idea.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 289905
nosy: brett.cannon, ezio.melotti, rhettinger
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add a COMPACT constant to the json module
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.7

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