[Python-Dev] Status of json (simplejson) in cpython

[Bob Ippolito]

On Friday, April 15, 2011, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Since the JSON spec is set in stone, the changes
>> > will mostly be about API (indentation, object conversion, etc)
>> > and optimization.  I presume the core parsing logic won't
>> > be changing much.
>>
>> Actually the core parsing logic is very different (and MUCH faster),
>
> Are you talking about the Python logic or the C logic?

Both, actually. IIRC simplejson in pure python typically beats json
with it's C extension.

-bob