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  r62734 | brett.cannon | 2008-05-05 22:21:38 +0200 (Mon, 05 May 2008) | 5 lines

  Add the 'json' package. Code taken from simplejson 1.9 and contributed by Bob
  Ippolito.

  Closes issue #2750.
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  r62736 | georg.brandl | 2008-05-05 22:53:39 +0200 (Mon, 05 May 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix JSON module docs.
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  r62748 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-06 04:51:10 +0200 (Tue, 06 May 2008) | 2 lines

  PEP 8 nits in json package
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  r62769 | christian.heimes | 2008-05-06 18:18:41 +0200 (Tue, 06 May 2008) | 2 lines

  Intern static string
  Use float constructors instead of magic code for float constants
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diff --git a/Lib/json/tests/test_speedups.py b/Lib/json/tests/test_speedups.py
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+++ b/Lib/json/tests/test_speedups.py
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+import decimal
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from json import decoder
+from json import encoder
+
+class TestSpeedups(TestCase):
+    def test_scanstring(self):
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.scanstring.__module__, "_json")
+        self.assert_(decoder.scanstring is decoder.c_scanstring)
+
+    def test_encode_basestring_ascii(self):
+        self.assertEquals(encoder.encode_basestring_ascii.__module__, "_json")
+        self.assert_(encoder.encode_basestring_ascii is
+                          encoder.c_encode_basestring_ascii)