Default JSONEncoder won't serialize iterators, can't easily be extended. about simplejson HOT 8 CLOSED

https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson/tree/iterable_as_array-gh1

Does this branch solve the problem sufficiently? Note that you'll still end up materializing all of the output before returning... unless you create a JSONEncoder and call iterencode(), which will use a slower Python implementation but give you "flow control".

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+1

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Does your "+1" mean that you've tried the branch and it solves a problem you have?

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No, it was +1 for the issue, but I will give it a try.

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Since nobody seems to care, I'm going to retire this issue and leave the branch in limbo.

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I realize that this issue is very old and has been closed for a long time, but I tried out the branch and it worked swimmingly. Combining iterencode with iterable_as_array=True, allowed for me to stream json output of several gigabytes while using under 20KB of memory without resorting to the Stackoverflow hack that I'm uncomfortable with (an iterator masquerading as a list!)

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@nickbabcock Would you be interested in porting this branch back to the current master for a pull request?

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Yes, no problem. I'll create a pull request for review when I'm done.

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