[3.13] gh-132021: Add bool type to the list of allowed JSON key types (GH-132048...

gh-132021: Add bool type to the list of allowed JSON key types (GH-132048)
(cherry picked from commit 403886c28ddb350bbcaea478f8d754ed14e10337)

Co-authored-by: Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy (తాటిపర్తి శ్రీనివాస్  రెడ్డి) <thatiparthysreenivas@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric V. Smith <ericvsmith@users.noreply.github.com>

diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst
index 22636027f9dbaffcce1507711b8a5cd2881e9e46..1b5bd51cce2025336b07b3bbd9a3213d0e53f444 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst
@@ -486,8 +486,8 @@ Encoders and Decoders
    (to raise :exc:`TypeError`).
 
    If *skipkeys* is false (the default), a :exc:`TypeError` will be raised when
-   trying to encode keys that are not :class:`str`, :class:`int`, :class:`float`
-   or ``None``.  If *skipkeys* is true, such items are simply skipped.
+   trying to encode keys that are not :class:`str`, :class:`int`, :class:`float`,
+   :class:`bool` or ``None``.  If *skipkeys* is true, such items are simply skipped.
 
    If *ensure_ascii* is true (the default), the output is guaranteed to
    have all incoming non-ASCII characters escaped.  If *ensure_ascii* is

diff --git a/Lib/json/encoder.py b/Lib/json/encoder.py
index 323332f064edf8fda55182f5a987054c2d9a7cd9..bb5f584e32266a2fd147bba02649143ce3bb8b7d 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/json/encoder.py
+++ b/Lib/json/encoder.py
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ class JSONEncoder(object):
         """Constructor for JSONEncoder, with sensible defaults.
 
         If skipkeys is false, then it is a TypeError to attempt
-        encoding of keys that are not str, int, float or None.  If
-        skipkeys is True, such items are simply skipped.
+        encoding of keys that are not str, int, float, bool or None.
+        If skipkeys is True, such items are simply skipped.
 
         If ensure_ascii is true, the output is guaranteed to be str
         objects with all incoming non-ASCII characters escaped.  If