need a json representation of all members of any type of object, list or hashtable (php's var_dump)

[Rene Veerman]

hi.

for 2 open source components of mine that are used in debugging, i
would like to capture the output generated by print for any variable.
i'm new to python, so please excuse my noobishness.

i don't know if objects can be json-ed as easy as lists and hash
tables are by print.
and i couldn't find how to capture the output generated by print into
a string, so i can't use it with google appengine :(

i'm in dire need of some expert advise here.

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