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

[Stefan Behnel]

Matt Billenstein, 17.04.2011 00:47:
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 01:30:13PM +0200, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:41:03 +0000
>> Matt Billenstein wrote:
>>>
>>> Slightly less crude benchmark showing simplejson is quite a bit faster:
>>>
>>> http://pastebin.com/g1WqUPwm
>>>
>>> 250ms vs 5.5s encoding and decoding an 11KB json object 1000 times...
>>
>> This doesn't have much value if you don't say which version of Python
>> you ran json with. You should use 3.2, otherwise you might miss some
>> optimizations.
>
> Yes, that was 2.6.5 -- 3.2 native json is comparable to simplejson here taking
> about 330ms...

 From the POV of CPython 3.2, is "native" Python or C?

Stefan