*fp* can now be a :term:`binary file`. The input encoding should be
UTF-8, UTF-16 or UTF-32.
-.. function:: loads(s, *, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None, parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=None, **kw)
+.. function:: loads(s, *, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None, parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=None, **kw)
Deserialize *s* (a :class:`str`, :class:`bytes` or :class:`bytearray`
instance containing a JSON document) to a Python object using this
:ref:`conversion table <json-to-py-table>`.
The other arguments have the same meaning as in :func:`load`, except
- *encoding* which is ignored and deprecated.
+ *encoding* which is ignored and deprecated since Python 3.1.
If the data being deserialized is not a valid JSON document, a
:exc:`JSONDecodeError` will be raised.
+ .. deprecated-removed:: 3.1 3.9
+ *encoding* keyword argument.
+
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
*s* can now be of type :class:`bytes` or :class:`bytearray`. The
input encoding should be UTF-8, UTF-16 or UTF-32.
parse_constant=parse_constant, object_pairs_hook=object_pairs_hook, **kw)
-def loads(s, *, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
+def loads(s, *, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=None, **kw):
"""Deserialize ``s`` (a ``str``, ``bytes`` or ``bytearray`` instance
containing a JSON document) to a Python object.
To use a custom ``JSONDecoder`` subclass, specify it with the ``cls``
kwarg; otherwise ``JSONDecoder`` is used.
- The ``encoding`` argument is ignored and deprecated.
+ The ``encoding`` argument is ignored and deprecated since Python 3.1.
"""
if isinstance(s, str):
if s.startswith('\ufeff'):
f'not {s.__class__.__name__}')
s = s.decode(detect_encoding(s), 'surrogatepass')
+ if "encoding" in kw:
+ import warnings
+ warnings.warn(
+ "'encoding' is ignored and deprecated. It will be removed in Python 3.9",
+ DeprecationWarning,
+ stacklevel=2
+ )
+ del kw['encoding']
+
if (cls is None and object_hook is None and
parse_int is None and parse_float is None and
parse_constant is None and object_pairs_hook is None and not kw):
d = self.json.JSONDecoder()
self.assertRaises(ValueError, d.raw_decode, 'a'*42, -50000)
+ def test_deprecated_encode(self):
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ self.loads('{}', encoding='fake')
+
class TestPyDecode(TestDecode, PyTest): pass
class TestCDecode(TestDecode, CTest): pass
--- /dev/null
+``json.loads`` now emits ``DeprecationWarning`` when ``encoding`` option is
+specified. Patch by Matthias Bussonnier.