On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Duncan Booth <duncan.booth at invalid.invalid> wrote: > Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote: >>> JSON expects double-quote marks, not single: >> v = json.loads("{'test':'test'}") fails >> v = json.loads('{"test":"test"}') succeeds >>>> You mean JSON expects a string with valid JSON? > Quelle surprise. The surprise is between JSON and JavaScript (the latter does accept single quotes), and Python is correctly implementing the JSON spec. ChrisA