[stdlib-sig] Choosing a name for simplejson

Paul Moore p.f.moore at gmail.com
Thu Apr 10 23:09:33 CEST 2008


On 10/04/2008, Benjamin Peterson <musiccomposition at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>  > So simplejson is going to be added to the stdlib (this came down from
>  >  up high, which is why there has not been more of a discussion here).
>  >  That means we need to choose a name. Obviously 'json' would work, but
>  >  I am not sure if there is something better. Remember, we want simple
>  >  so that if someone goes, "I wonder if Python has a JSON module", they
>  >  can easily find it (which means no crazy package names).
>
> +1 for "json" or "jsonlib". Simple is better.

+1 for json. Let's not have yet another xxxlib format name...

Paul.


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