code: def loads(s, **kwargs):
      '''
      .. versionadded:: 2018.3.0
  
      Wraps json.loads and prevents a traceback in the event that a bytestring is
      passed to the function. (Python < 3.6 cannot load bytestrings)
  
      You can pass an alternate json module (loaded via import_json() above)
      using the _json_module argument)
      '''
      json_module = kwargs.pop('_json_module', json)
      try:
          return json_module.loads(s, **kwargs)
      except TypeError as exc:
          # json.loads cannot load bytestrings in Python < 3.6
          if six.PY3 and isinstance(s, bytes):
              return json_module.loads(salt.utils.stringutils.to_unicode(s), **kwargs)
          else:
              raise exf loads(s, **kwargs):
      '''
      .. versionadded:: 2018.3.0
  
      Wraps json.loads and prevents a traceback in the event that a bytestring is
      passed to the function. (Python < 3.6 cannot load bytestrings)
  
      You can pass an alternate json module (loaded via import_json() above)
      using the _json_module argument)
      '''
      json_module = kwargs.pop('_json_module', json)
      try:
          return json_module.loads(s, **kwargs)
      except TypeError as exc:
          # json.loads cannot load bytestrings in Python < 3.6
          if six.PY3 and isinstance(s, bytes):
              return json_module.loads(salt.utils.stringutils.to_unicode(s), **kwargs)
          else:
              raise exc
docs: .. versionadded:: 2018.3.0
  
      Wraps json.loads and prevents a traceback in the event that a bytestring is
      passed to the function. (Python < 3.6 cannot load bytestrings)
  
      You can pass an alternate json module (loaded via import_json() above)
      using the _json_module argument)