#9233: Fix json to work properly even when _json is not available.

Lib/json/decoder.py

@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def JSONObject(s_and_end, strict, scan_once, object_hook, object_pairs_hook,
         pairs = object_hook(pairs)
     return pairs, end
 
-def JSONArray(s_and_end, scan_once, context, _w=WHITESPACE.match):
+def JSONArray(s_and_end, scan_once, _w=WHITESPACE.match, _ws=WHITESPACE_STR):
     s, end = s_and_end
     values = []
     nextchar = s[end:end + 1]

Lib/json/scanner.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def py_make_scanner(context):
     parse_int = context.parse_int
     parse_constant = context.parse_constant
     object_hook = context.object_hook
+    object_pairs_hook = context.object_pairs_hook
 
     def _scan_once(string, idx):
         try:

Misc/NEWS

@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
-- Issue #11703 - urllib2.geturl() does not return correct url when the original
+- Issue #9233: Fix json to work properly even when _json is not available.
+
+- Issue #11703: urllib2.geturl() does not return correct url when the original
   url contains #fragment.
-  
+
 - Issue #10019: Fixed regression in json module where an indent of 0 stopped
   adding newlines and acted instead like 'None'.