json dump fails for mixed-type keys when sort_keys is specified

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reproducing the json.dump failure with mixed-type keys when sort_keys is enabled, then review the linked work in PRs #8011, #15691, and gh-156985. Done means the intended behavior is verified without the reported failure.

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Description

stdlib type-bug
BPO 25457
Nosy @zpincus, @bitdancer, @MojoVampire, @jheiv, @aaronchall, @naught101, @akulakov
PRs
  • python/cpython#8011
  • python/cpython#15691
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-10-22.08:01:01.647>
labels = ['3.7', '3.8', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = 'json dump fails for mixed-type keys when sort_keys is specified'
updated_at = <Date 2021-07-10.17:34:02.379>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/tanzerswingcoat'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-07-10.17:34:02.379>
actor = 'tanzer@swing.co.at'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2015-10-22.08:01:01.647>
creator = 'tanzer@swing.co.at'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 25457
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 17.0
messages = ['253324', '253360', '253362', '253363', '253368', '253369', '297246', '317187', '317216', '317240', '317241', '317243', '317246', '320706', '384635', '397249', '397250']
nosy_count = 8.0
nosy_names = ['zachrahan', 'r.david.murray', 'josh.r', 'jedwards', 'tanzer@swing.co.at', 'Aaron Hall', 'naught101', 'andrei.avk']
pr_nums = ['8011', '15691']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue25457'
versions = ['Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8']

    Linked PRs
    • gh-156985
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