From b435799520bcf14432490aeb7526d696986d8285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Crux Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:39:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Documenting that json.load may raise a ValueError. Issue #18680: JSONDecoder should document that it raises a ValueError for malformed data --- Doc/library/json.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst index 877ccd07ee1..3b832f684c6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/json.rst +++ b/Doc/library/json.rst @@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ Basic Usage The other arguments have the same meaning as in :func:`load`, except *encoding* which is ignored and deprecated. + If the data being deserialized is not a valid JSON document, a + :exc:`ValueError` will be raised. Encoders and Decoders ---------------------