Simplejson dependency in Python 2.6+

[pnordahl]

Since Python 2.6 provides the native 'json' module, would Plata be able to use that instead of enforcing the 'simplejson' dependency in environments that can use the native json module?

[matthiask]

Unfortunately no: simplejson supports an additional use_decimal parameter which automatically uses decimals instead of floats everywhere, and I haven't found a way to implement the same behavior throughout with 2.6's json module yet.

[arteme]

Doesn't Django package provide bundled simplejson via "django.utils.simplejson"?

[matthiask]

@arteme not anymore. https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/django/utils/simplejson.py

Additionally, the included version was too old (2.0.7), because we need at least simplejson 2.1.

[pnordahl]

Gotcha. Thanks for looking into it!