parameters: (s, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
          parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, **kw)
return_statement: return cls(encoding=encoding, **kw).decode(s)
docstring: Deserialize ``s`` (a ``str`` or ``unicode`` instance containing a JSON
      document) to a Python object.
  
      If ``s`` is a ``str`` instance and is encoded with an ASCII based encoding
      other than utf-8 (e.g. latin-1) then an appropriate ``encoding`` name
      must be specified. Encodings that are not ASCII based (such as UCS-2)
      are not allowed and should be decoded to ``unicode`` first.
  
      ``object_hook`` is an optional function that will be called with the
      result of any object literal decode (a ``dict``). The return value of
      ``object_hook`` will be used instead of the ``dict``. This feature
      can be used to implement custom decoders (e.g. JSON-RPC class hinting).
  
      ``parse_float``, if specified, will be called with the string
      of every JSON float to be decoded. By default this is equivalent to
      float(num_str). This can be used to use another datatype or parser
      for JSON floats (e.g. decimal.Decimal).
  
      ``parse_int``, if specified, will be called with the string
      of every JSON int to be decoded. By default this is equivalent to
      int(num_str). This can be used to use another datatype or parser
      for JSON integers (e.g. float).
  
      ``parse_constant``, if specified, will be called with one of the
      following strings: -Infinity, Infinity, NaN, null, true, false.
      This can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers
      are encountered.
  
      To use a custom ``JSONDecoder`` subclass, specify it with the ``cls``
      kwarg.
docstring_summary: Deserialize ``s`` (a ``str`` or ``unicode`` instance containing a JSON
      document) to a Python object.
docstring_tokens: Deserialize s ( a str or unicode instance containing a JSON document ) to a Python object .
function: def loads(s, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
          parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, **kw):
      """
      Deserialize ``s`` (a ``str`` or ``unicode`` instance containing a JSON
      document) to a Python object.
  
      If ``s`` is a ``str`` instance and is encoded with an ASCII based encoding
      other than utf-8 (e.g. latin-1) then an appropriate ``encoding`` name
      must be specified. Encodings that are not ASCII based (such as UCS-2)
      are not allowed and should be decoded to ``unicode`` first.
  
      ``object_hook`` is an optional function that will be called with the
      result of any object literal decode (a ``dict``). The return value of
      ``object_hook`` will be used instead of the ``dict``. This feature
      can be used to implement custom decoders (e.g. JSON-RPC class hinting).
  
      ``parse_float``, if specified, will be called with the string
      of every JSON float to be decoded. By default this is equivalent to
      float(num_str). This can be used to use another datatype or parser
      for JSON floats (e.g. decimal.Decimal).
  
      ``parse_int``, if specified, will be called with the string
      of every JSON int to be decoded. By default this is equivalent to
      int(num_str). This can be used to use another datatype or parser
      for JSON integers (e.g. float).
  
      ``parse_constant``, if specified, will be called with one of the
      following strings: -Infinity, Infinity, NaN, null, true, false.
      This can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers
      are encountered.
  
      To use a custom ``JSONDecoder`` subclass, specify it with the ``cls``
      kwarg.
      """
      if (cls is None and encoding is None and object_hook is None and
              parse_int is None and parse_float is None and
              parse_constant is None and not kw):
          return _default_decoder.decode(s)
      if cls is None:
          cls = JSONDecoder
      if object_hook is not None:
          kw['object_hook'] = object_hook
      if parse_float is not None:
          kw['parse_float'] = parse_float
      if parse_int is not None:
          kw['parse_int'] = parse_int
      if parse_constant is not None:
          kw['parse_constant'] = parse_constant
      return cls(encoding=encoding, **kw).decode(s)
function_tokens: def loads ( s , encoding = None , cls = None , object_hook = None , parse_float = None , parse_int = None , parse_constant = None , * * kw ) : if ( cls is None and encoding is None and object_hook is None and parse_int is None and parse_float is None and parse_constant is None and not kw ) : return _default_decoder . decode ( s ) if cls is None : cls = JSONDecoder if object_hook is not None : kw [ 'object_hook' ] = object_hook if parse_float is not None : kw [ 'parse_float' ] = parse_float if parse_int is not None : kw [ 'parse_int' ] = parse_int if parse_constant is not None : kw [ 'parse_constant' ] = parse_constant return cls ( encoding = encoding , * * kw ) . decode ( s )