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Dicts with non-string keys get serialized wrong
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Description
Copied from with more discussion at: https://github.com/qiemem/PythonExtension/issues/6
Some examples:
observershow py:runresult "{1: 2}"
observer: [["1" 2]]
observershow py:runresult "{(1,2): 3}"
Extension exception: keys must be a string
While JSON is restricted to string keys, we are not. We need to hijack JSON's dict serialization to turn them into a list of pairs instead.
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Research direction
Start by tracing how the Python extension handles the py:runresult examples and where dictionaries are passed through JSON serialization. Reproduce the {1: 2} and {(1,2): 3} cases, then verify that non-string-key dictionaries serialize as lists of pairs without the current incorrect output or exception.
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- Tech stack
- python, scala
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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