From e9ddbf0ac3ae1cbe9ef565c47c4ca033b38174fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Dung Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 19:14:54 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] gh-146061: Clarify indent=None in json docs (GH-146095) (cherry picked from commit 833dae7c1fdc556200cbfc3e76bad4d54628042c) Co-authored-by: Jonathan Dung --- Doc/library/json.rst | 2 +- Lib/json/__init__.py | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst index 57aad5ba9d1793..231654a3a9315f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/json.rst +++ b/Doc/library/json.rst @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ Basic Usage a string (such as ``"\t"``) is used to indent each level. If zero, negative, or ``""`` (the empty string), only newlines are inserted. - If ``None`` (the default), the most compact representation is used. + If ``None`` (the default), no newlines are inserted. :type indent: int | str | None :param separators: diff --git a/Lib/json/__init__.py b/Lib/json/__init__.py index 9eaa4f3fbc1679..800cc37f6afe31 100644 --- a/Lib/json/__init__.py +++ b/Lib/json/__init__.py @@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ def dump(obj, fp, *, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True, If ``indent`` is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent - level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the most compact - representation. + level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the default and gives + a representation with no newlines inserted. If specified, ``separators`` should be an ``(item_separator, key_separator)`` tuple. The default is ``(', ', ': ')`` if *indent* is @@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ def dumps(obj, *, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True, If ``indent`` is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent - level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the most compact - representation. + level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the default and gives + a representation with no newlines inserted. If specified, ``separators`` should be an ``(item_separator, key_separator)`` tuple. The default is ``(', ', ': ')`` if *indent* is