diff --git a/README.google b/README.google
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+URL: http://undefined.org/python/#simplejson
+Version: 2.1.0rc2
+License: MIT
+License File: LICENSE.txt
+
+Description:
+simplejson is a JSON encoder and decoder for Python.
+
+
+Local Modifications:
+Removed unit tests from current distribution.
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
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+r"""JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) <http://json.org> is a subset of
+JavaScript syntax (ECMA-262 3rd edition) used as a lightweight data
+interchange format.
+
+:mod:`simplejson` exposes an API familiar to users of the standard library
+:mod:`marshal` and :mod:`pickle` modules. It is the externally maintained
+version of the :mod:`json` library contained in Python 2.6, but maintains
+compatibility with Python 2.4 and Python 2.5 and (currently) has
+significant performance advantages, even without using the optional C
+extension for speedups.
+
+Encoding basic Python object hierarchies::
+
+    >>> import simplejson as json
+    >>> json.dumps(['foo', {'bar': ('baz', None, 1.0, 2)}])
+    '["foo", {"bar": ["baz", null, 1.0, 2]}]'
+    >>> print json.dumps("\"foo\bar")
+    "\"foo\bar"
+    >>> print json.dumps(u'\u1234')
+    "\u1234"
+    >>> print json.dumps('\\')
+    "\\"
+    >>> print json.dumps({"c": 0, "b": 0, "a": 0}, sort_keys=True)
+    {"a": 0, "b": 0, "c": 0}
+    >>> from StringIO import StringIO
+    >>> io = StringIO()
+    >>> json.dump(['streaming API'], io)
+    >>> io.getvalue()
+    '["streaming API"]'
+
+Compact encoding::
+
+    >>> import simplejson as json
+    >>> json.dumps([1,2,3,{'4': 5, '6': 7}], separators=(',',':'))
+    '[1,2,3,{"4":5,"6":7}]'
+
+Pretty printing::
+
+    >>> import simplejson as json
+    >>> s = json.dumps({'4': 5, '6': 7}, sort_keys=True, indent='    ')
+    >>> print '\n'.join([l.rstrip() for l in  s.splitlines()])
+    {
+        "4": 5,
+        "6": 7
+    }
+
+Decoding JSON::
+
+    >>> import simplejson as json
+    >>> obj = [u'foo', {u'bar': [u'baz', None, 1.0, 2]}]
+    >>> json.loads('["foo", {"bar":["baz", null, 1.0, 2]}]') == obj
+    True
+    >>> json.loads('"\\"foo\\bar"') == u'"foo\x08ar'
+    True
+    >>> from StringIO import StringIO
+    >>> io = StringIO('["streaming API"]')
+    >>> json.load(io)[0] == 'streaming API'
+    True
+
+Specializing JSON object decoding::
+
+    >>> import simplejson as json
+    >>> def as_complex(dct):
+    ...     if '__complex__' in dct:
+    ...         return complex(dct['real'], dct['imag'])
+    ...     return dct
+    ...
+    >>> json.loads('{"__complex__": true, "real": 1, "imag": 2}',
+    ...     object_hook=as_complex)
+    (1+2j)
+    >>> from decimal import Decimal
+    >>> json.loads('1.1', parse_float=Decimal) == Decimal('1.1')
+    True
+
+Specializing JSON object encoding::
+
+    >>> import simplejson as json
+    >>> def encode_complex(obj):
+    ...     if isinstance(obj, complex):
+    ...         return [obj.real, obj.imag]
+    ...     raise TypeError(repr(o) + " is not JSON serializable")
+    ...
+    >>> json.dumps(2 + 1j, default=encode_complex)
+    '[2.0, 1.0]'
+    >>> json.JSONEncoder(default=encode_complex).encode(2 + 1j)
+    '[2.0, 1.0]'
+    >>> ''.join(json.JSONEncoder(default=encode_complex).iterencode(2 + 1j))
+    '[2.0, 1.0]'
+
+
+Using simplejson.tool from the shell to validate and pretty-print::
+
+    $ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -m simplejson.tool
+    {
+        "json": "obj"
+    }
+    $ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -m simplejson.tool
+    Expecting property name: line 1 column 2 (char 2)
+"""
+__version__ = '2.1.0rc2'
+__all__ = [
+    'dump', 'dumps', 'load', 'loads',
+    'JSONDecoder', 'JSONDecodeError', 'JSONEncoder',
+    'OrderedDict',
+]
+
+__author__ = 'Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com>'
+
+from decoder import JSONDecoder, JSONDecodeError
+from encoder import JSONEncoder
+try:
+    from collections import OrderedDict
+except ImportError:
+    from ordered_dict import OrderedDict
+
+_default_encoder = JSONEncoder(
+    skipkeys=False,
+    ensure_ascii=True,
+    check_circular=True,
+    allow_nan=True,
+    indent=None,
+    separators=None,
+    encoding='utf-8',
+    default=None,
+)
+
+def dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
+        allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None,
+        encoding='utf-8', default=None, **kw):
+    """Serialize ``obj`` as a JSON formatted stream to ``fp`` (a
+    ``.write()``-supporting file-like object).
+
+    If ``skipkeys`` is true then ``dict`` keys that are not basic types
+    (``str``, ``unicode``, ``int``, ``long``, ``float``, ``bool``, ``None``)
+    will be skipped instead of raising a ``TypeError``.
+
+    If ``ensure_ascii`` is false, then the some chunks written to ``fp``
+    may be ``unicode`` instances, subject to normal Python ``str`` to
+    ``unicode`` coercion rules. Unless ``fp.write()`` explicitly
+    understands ``unicode`` (as in ``codecs.getwriter()``) this is likely
+    to cause an error.
+
+    If ``check_circular`` is false, then the circular reference check
+    for container types will be skipped and a circular reference will
+    result in an ``OverflowError`` (or worse).
+
+    If ``allow_nan`` is false, then it will be a ``ValueError`` to
+    serialize out of range ``float`` values (``nan``, ``inf``, ``-inf``)
+    in strict compliance of the JSON specification, instead of using the
+    JavaScript equivalents (``NaN``, ``Infinity``, ``-Infinity``).
+
+    If *indent* is a string, then JSON array elements and object members
+    will be pretty-printed with a newline followed by that string repeated
+    for each level of nesting. ``None`` (the default) selects the most compact
+    representation without any newlines. For backwards compatibility with
+    versions of simplejson earlier than 2.1.0, an integer is also accepted
+    and is converted to a string with that many spaces.
+
+    If ``separators`` is an ``(item_separator, dict_separator)`` tuple
+    then it will be used instead of the default ``(', ', ': ')`` separators.
+    ``(',', ':')`` is the most compact JSON representation.
+
+    ``encoding`` is the character encoding for str instances, default is UTF-8.
+
+    ``default(obj)`` is a function that should return a serializable version
+    of obj or raise TypeError. The default simply raises TypeError.
+
+    To use a custom ``JSONEncoder`` subclass (e.g. one that overrides the
+    ``.default()`` method to serialize additional types), specify it with
+    the ``cls`` kwarg.
+
+    """
+    # cached encoder
+    if (not skipkeys and ensure_ascii and
+        check_circular and allow_nan and
+        cls is None and indent is None and separators is None and
+        encoding == 'utf-8' and default is None and not kw):
+        iterable = _default_encoder.iterencode(obj)
+    else:
+        if cls is None:
+            cls = JSONEncoder
+        iterable = cls(skipkeys=skipkeys, ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii,
+            check_circular=check_circular, allow_nan=allow_nan, indent=indent,
+            separators=separators, encoding=encoding,
+            default=default, **kw).iterencode(obj)
+    # could accelerate with writelines in some versions of Python, at
+    # a debuggability cost
+    for chunk in iterable:
+        fp.write(chunk)
+
+
+def dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
+        allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None,
+        encoding='utf-8', default=None, **kw):
+    """Serialize ``obj`` to a JSON formatted ``str``.
+
+    If ``skipkeys`` is false then ``dict`` keys that are not basic types
+    (``str``, ``unicode``, ``int``, ``long``, ``float``, ``bool``, ``None``)
+    will be skipped instead of raising a ``TypeError``.
+
+    If ``ensure_ascii`` is false, then the return value will be a
+    ``unicode`` instance subject to normal Python ``str`` to ``unicode``
+    coercion rules instead of being escaped to an ASCII ``str``.
+
+    If ``check_circular`` is false, then the circular reference check
+    for container types will be skipped and a circular reference will
+    result in an ``OverflowError`` (or worse).
+
+    If ``allow_nan`` is false, then it will be a ``ValueError`` to
+    serialize out of range ``float`` values (``nan``, ``inf``, ``-inf``) in
+    strict compliance of the JSON specification, instead of using the
+    JavaScript equivalents (``NaN``, ``Infinity``, ``-Infinity``).
+
+    If ``indent`` is a string, then JSON array elements and object members
+    will be pretty-printed with a newline followed by that string repeated
+    for each level of nesting. ``None`` (the default) selects the most compact
+    representation without any newlines. For backwards compatibility with
+    versions of simplejson earlier than 2.1.0, an integer is also accepted
+    and is converted to a string with that many spaces.
+
+    If ``separators`` is an ``(item_separator, dict_separator)`` tuple
+    then it will be used instead of the default ``(', ', ': ')`` separators.
+    ``(',', ':')`` is the most compact JSON representation.
+
+    ``encoding`` is the character encoding for str instances, default is UTF-8.
+
+    ``default(obj)`` is a function that should return a serializable version
+    of obj or raise TypeError. The default simply raises TypeError.
+
+    To use a custom ``JSONEncoder`` subclass (e.g. one that overrides the
+    ``.default()`` method to serialize additional types), specify it with
+    the ``cls`` kwarg.
+
+    """
+    # cached encoder
+    if (not skipkeys and ensure_ascii and
+        check_circular and allow_nan and
+        cls is None and indent is None and separators is None and
+        encoding == 'utf-8' and default is None and not kw):
+        return _default_encoder.encode(obj)
+    if cls is None:
+        cls = JSONEncoder
+    return cls(
+        skipkeys=skipkeys, ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii,
+        check_circular=check_circular, allow_nan=allow_nan, indent=indent,
+        separators=separators, encoding=encoding, default=default,
+        **kw).encode(obj)
+
+
+_default_decoder = JSONDecoder(encoding=None, object_hook=None,
+                               object_pairs_hook=None)
+
+
+def load(fp, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
+        parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=None, **kw):
+    """Deserialize ``fp`` (a ``.read()``-supporting file-like object containing
+    a JSON document) to a Python object.
+
+    *encoding* determines the encoding used to interpret any
+    :class:`str` objects decoded by this instance (``'utf-8'`` by
+    default).  It has no effect when decoding :class:`unicode` objects.
+
+    Note that currently only encodings that are a superset of ASCII work,
+    strings of other encodings should be passed in as :class:`unicode`.
+
+    *object_hook*, if specified, will be called with the result of every
+    JSON object decoded and its return value will be used in place of the
+    given :class:`dict`.  This can be used to provide custom
+    deserializations (e.g. to support JSON-RPC class hinting).
+
+    *object_pairs_hook* is an optional function that will be called with
+    the result of any object literal decode with an ordered list of pairs.
+    The return value of *object_pairs_hook* will be used instead of the
+    :class:`dict`.  This feature can be used to implement custom decoders
+    that rely on the order that the key and value pairs are decoded (for
+    example, :func:`collections.OrderedDict` will remember the order of
+    insertion). If *object_hook* is also defined, the *object_pairs_hook*
+    takes priority.
+
+    *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. :class:`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. :class:`float`).
+
+    *parse_constant*, if specified, will be called with one of the
+    following strings: ``'-Infinity'``, ``'Infinity'``, ``'NaN'``.  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.
+
+    """
+    return loads(fp.read(),
+        encoding=encoding, cls=cls, object_hook=object_hook,
+        parse_float=parse_float, parse_int=parse_int,
+        parse_constant=parse_constant, object_pairs_hook=object_pairs_hook,
+        **kw)
+
+
+def loads(s, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
+        parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=None, **kw):
+    """Deserialize ``s`` (a ``str`` or ``unicode`` instance containing a JSON
+    document) to a Python object.
+
+    *encoding* determines the encoding used to interpret any
+    :class:`str` objects decoded by this instance (``'utf-8'`` by
+    default).  It has no effect when decoding :class:`unicode` objects.
+
+    Note that currently only encodings that are a superset of ASCII work,
+    strings of other encodings should be passed in as :class:`unicode`.
+
+    *object_hook*, if specified, will be called with the result of every
+    JSON object decoded and its return value will be used in place of the
+    given :class:`dict`.  This can be used to provide custom
+    deserializations (e.g. to support JSON-RPC class hinting).
+
+    *object_pairs_hook* is an optional function that will be called with
+    the result of any object literal decode with an ordered list of pairs.
+    The return value of *object_pairs_hook* will be used instead of the
+    :class:`dict`.  This feature can be used to implement custom decoders
+    that rely on the order that the key and value pairs are decoded (for
+    example, :func:`collections.OrderedDict` will remember the order of
+    insertion). If *object_hook* is also defined, the *object_pairs_hook*
+    takes priority.
+
+    *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. :class:`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. :class:`float`).
+
+    *parse_constant*, if specified, will be called with one of the
+    following strings: ``'-Infinity'``, ``'Infinity'``, ``'NaN'``.  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 object_pairs_hook 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 object_pairs_hook is not None:
+        kw['object_pairs_hook'] = object_pairs_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)
+
+
+def _toggle_speedups(enabled):
+    import simplejson.decoder as dec
+    import simplejson.encoder as enc
+    import simplejson.scanner as scan
+    try:
+        from simplejson._speedups import make_encoder as c_make_encoder
+    except ImportError:
+        c_make_encoder = None
+    if enabled:
+        dec.scanstring = dec.c_scanstring or dec.py_scanstring
+        enc.c_make_encoder = c_make_encoder
+        enc.encode_basestring_ascii = (enc.c_encode_basestring_ascii or 
+            enc.py_encode_basestring_ascii)
+        scan.make_scanner = scan.c_make_scanner or scan.py_make_scanner
+    else:
+        dec.scanstring = dec.py_scanstring
+        enc.c_make_encoder = None
+        enc.encode_basestring_ascii = enc.py_encode_basestring_ascii
+        scan.make_scanner = scan.py_make_scanner
+    dec.make_scanner = scan.make_scanner
+    global _default_decoder
+    _default_decoder = JSONDecoder(
+        encoding=None,
+        object_hook=None,
+        object_pairs_hook=None,
+    )
+    global _default_encoder
+    _default_encoder = JSONEncoder(
+       skipkeys=False,
+       ensure_ascii=True,
+       check_circular=True,
+       allow_nan=True,
+       indent=None,
+       separators=None,
+       encoding='utf-8',
+       default=None,
+   )
diff --git a/_speedups.c b/_speedups.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14efa70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_speedups.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2541 @@
+#include "Python.h"
+#include "structmember.h"
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02070000 && !defined(PyOS_string_to_double)
+#define PyOS_string_to_double json_PyOS_string_to_double
+static double
+json_PyOS_string_to_double(const char *s, char **endptr, PyObject *overflow_exception);
+static double
+json_PyOS_string_to_double(const char *s, char **endptr, PyObject *overflow_exception) {
+    double x;
+    assert(endptr == NULL);
+    assert(overflow_exception == NULL);
+    PyFPE_START_PROTECT("json_PyOS_string_to_double", return -1.0;)
+    x = PyOS_ascii_atof(s);
+    PyFPE_END_PROTECT(x)
+    return x;
+}
+#endif
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02060000 && !defined(Py_TYPE)
+#define Py_TYPE(ob)     (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_type)
+#endif
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000 && !defined(PY_SSIZE_T_MIN)
+typedef int Py_ssize_t;
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_MAX INT_MAX
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_MIN INT_MIN
+#define PyInt_FromSsize_t PyInt_FromLong
+#define PyInt_AsSsize_t PyInt_AsLong
+#endif
+#ifndef Py_IS_FINITE
+#define Py_IS_FINITE(X) (!Py_IS_INFINITY(X) && !Py_IS_NAN(X))
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#define UNUSED __attribute__((__unused__))
+#else
+#define UNUSED
+#endif
+
+#define DEFAULT_ENCODING "utf-8"
+
+#define PyScanner_Check(op) PyObject_TypeCheck(op, &PyScannerType)
+#define PyScanner_CheckExact(op) (Py_TYPE(op) == &PyScannerType)
+#define PyEncoder_Check(op) PyObject_TypeCheck(op, &PyEncoderType)
+#define PyEncoder_CheckExact(op) (Py_TYPE(op) == &PyEncoderType)
+
+static PyTypeObject PyScannerType;
+static PyTypeObject PyEncoderType;
+
+typedef struct _PyScannerObject {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    PyObject *encoding;
+    PyObject *strict;
+    PyObject *object_hook;
+    PyObject *pairs_hook;
+    PyObject *parse_float;
+    PyObject *parse_int;
+    PyObject *parse_constant;
+    PyObject *memo;
+} PyScannerObject;
+
+static PyMemberDef scanner_members[] = {
+    {"encoding", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, encoding), READONLY, "encoding"},
+    {"strict", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, strict), READONLY, "strict"},
+    {"object_hook", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, object_hook), READONLY, "object_hook"},
+    {"object_pairs_hook", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, pairs_hook), READONLY, "object_pairs_hook"},
+    {"parse_float", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, parse_float), READONLY, "parse_float"},
+    {"parse_int", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, parse_int), READONLY, "parse_int"},
+    {"parse_constant", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, parse_constant), READONLY, "parse_constant"},
+    {NULL}
+};
+
+typedef struct _PyEncoderObject {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    PyObject *markers;
+    PyObject *defaultfn;
+    PyObject *encoder;
+    PyObject *indent;
+    PyObject *key_separator;
+    PyObject *item_separator;
+    PyObject *sort_keys;
+    PyObject *skipkeys;
+    PyObject *key_memo;
+    int fast_encode;
+    int allow_nan;
+} PyEncoderObject;
+
+static PyMemberDef encoder_members[] = {
+    {"markers", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyEncoderObject, markers), READONLY, "markers"},
+    {"default", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyEncoderObject, defaultfn), READONLY, "default"},
+    {"encoder", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyEncoderObject, encoder), READONLY, "encoder"},
+    {"indent", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyEncoderObject, indent), READONLY, "indent"},
+    {"key_separator", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyEncoderObject, key_separator), READONLY, "key_separator"},
+    {"item_separator", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyEncoderObject, item_separator), READONLY, "item_separator"},
+    {"sort_keys", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyEncoderObject, sort_keys), READONLY, "sort_keys"},
+    {"skipkeys", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyEncoderObject, skipkeys), READONLY, "skipkeys"},
+    {"key_memo", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyEncoderObject, key_memo), READONLY, "key_memo"},
+    {NULL}
+};
+
+static Py_ssize_t
+ascii_escape_char(Py_UNICODE c, char *output, Py_ssize_t chars);
+static PyObject *
+ascii_escape_unicode(PyObject *pystr);
+static PyObject *
+ascii_escape_str(PyObject *pystr);
+static PyObject *
+py_encode_basestring_ascii(PyObject* self UNUSED, PyObject *pystr);
+void init_speedups(void);
+static PyObject *
+scan_once_str(PyScannerObject *s, PyObject *pystr, Py_ssize_t idx, Py_ssize_t *next_idx_ptr);
+static PyObject *
+scan_once_unicode(PyScannerObject *s, PyObject *pystr, Py_ssize_t idx, Py_ssize_t *next_idx_ptr);
+static PyObject *
+_build_rval_index_tuple(PyObject *rval, Py_ssize_t idx);
+static PyObject *
+scanner_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds);
+static int
+scanner_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds);
+static void
+scanner_dealloc(PyObject *self);
+static int
+scanner_clear(PyObject *self);
+static PyObject *
+encoder_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds);
+static int
+encoder_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds);
+static void
+encoder_dealloc(PyObject *self);
+static int
+encoder_clear(PyObject *self);
+static int
+encoder_listencode_list(PyEncoderObject *s, PyObject *rval, PyObject *seq, Py_ssize_t indent_level);
+static int
+encoder_listencode_obj(PyEncoderObject *s, PyObject *rval, PyObject *obj, Py_ssize_t indent_level);
+static int
+encoder_listencode_dict(PyEncoderObject *s, PyObject *rval, PyObject *dct, Py_ssize_t indent_level);
+static PyObject *
+_encoded_const(PyObject *obj);
+static void
+raise_errmsg(char *msg, PyObject *s, Py_ssize_t end);
+static PyObject *
+encoder_encode_string(PyEncoderObject *s, PyObject *obj);
+static int
+_convertPyInt_AsSsize_t(PyObject *o, Py_ssize_t *size_ptr);
+static PyObject *
+_convertPyInt_FromSsize_t(Py_ssize_t *size_ptr);
+static PyObject *
+encoder_encode_float(PyEncoderObject *s, PyObject *obj);
+
+#define S_CHAR(c) (c >= ' ' && c <= '~' && c != '\\' && c != '"')
+#define IS_WHITESPACE(c) (((c) == ' ') || ((c) == '\t') || ((c) == '\n') || ((c) == '\r'))
+
+#define MIN_EXPANSION 6
+#ifdef Py_UNICODE_WIDE
+#define MAX_EXPANSION (2 * MIN_EXPANSION)
+#else
+#define MAX_EXPANSION MIN_EXPANSION
+#endif
+
+static int
+_convertPyInt_AsSsize_t(PyObject *o, Py_ssize_t *size_ptr)
+{
+    /* PyObject to Py_ssize_t converter */
+    *size_ptr = PyInt_AsSsize_t(o);
+    if (*size_ptr == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+        return 0;
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+_convertPyInt_FromSsize_t(Py_ssize_t *size_ptr)
+{
+    /* Py_ssize_t to PyObject converter */
+    return PyInt_FromSsize_t(*size_ptr);
+}
+
+static Py_ssize_t
+ascii_escape_char(Py_UNICODE c, char *output, Py_ssize_t chars)
+{
+    /* Escape unicode code point c to ASCII escape sequences
+    in char *output. output must have at least 12 bytes unused to
+    accommodate an escaped surrogate pair "\uXXXX\uXXXX" */
+    output[chars++] = '\\';
+    switch (c) {
+        case '\\': output[chars++] = (char)c; break;
+        case '"': output[chars++] = (char)c; break;
+        case '\b': output[chars++] = 'b'; break;
+        case '\f': output[chars++] = 'f'; break;
+        case '\n': output[chars++] = 'n'; break;
+        case '\r': output[chars++] = 'r'; break;
+        case '\t': output[chars++] = 't'; break;
+        default:
+#ifdef Py_UNICODE_WIDE
+            if (c >= 0x10000) {
+                /* UTF-16 surrogate pair */
+                Py_UNICODE v = c - 0x10000;
+                c = 0xd800 | ((v >> 10) & 0x3ff);
+                output[chars++] = 'u';
+                output[chars++] = "0123456789abcdef"[(c >> 12) & 0xf];
+                output[chars++] = "0123456789abcdef"[(c >>  8) & 0xf];
+                output[chars++] = "0123456789abcdef"[(c >>  4) & 0xf];
+                output[chars++] = "0123456789abcdef"[(c      ) & 0xf];
+                c = 0xdc00 | (v & 0x3ff);
+                output[chars++] = '\\';
+            }
+#endif
+            output[chars++] = 'u';
+            output[chars++] = "0123456789abcdef"[(c >> 12) & 0xf];
+            output[chars++] = "0123456789abcdef"[(c >>  8) & 0xf];
+            output[chars++] = "0123456789abcdef"[(c >>  4) & 0xf];
+            output[chars++] = "0123456789abcdef"[(c      ) & 0xf];
+    }
+    return chars;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+ascii_escape_unicode(PyObject *pystr)
+{
+    /* Take a PyUnicode pystr and return a new ASCII-only escaped PyString */
+    Py_ssize_t i;
+    Py_ssize_t input_chars;
+    Py_ssize_t output_size;
+    Py_ssize_t max_output_size;
+    Py_ssize_t chars;
+    PyObject *rval;
+    char *output;
+    Py_UNICODE *input_unicode;
+
+    input_chars = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(pystr);
+    input_unicode = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(pystr);
+
+    /* One char input can be up to 6 chars output, estimate 4 of these */
+    output_size = 2 + (MIN_EXPANSION * 4) + input_chars;
+    max_output_size = 2 + (input_chars * MAX_EXPANSION);
+    rval = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, output_size);
+    if (rval == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    output = PyString_AS_STRING(rval);
+    chars = 0;
+    output[chars++] = '"';
+    for (i = 0; i < input_chars; i++) {
+        Py_UNICODE c = input_unicode[i];
+        if (S_CHAR(c)) {
+            output[chars++] = (char)c;
+        }
+        else {
+            chars = ascii_escape_char(c, output, chars);
+        }
+        if (output_size - chars < (1 + MAX_EXPANSION)) {
+            /* There's more than four, so let's resize by a lot */
+            Py_ssize_t new_output_size = output_size * 2;
+            /* This is an upper bound */
+            if (new_output_size > max_output_size) {
+                new_output_size = max_output_size;
+            }
+            /* Make sure that the output size changed before resizing */
+            if (new_output_size != output_size) {
+                output_size = new_output_size;
+                if (_PyString_Resize(&rval, output_size) == -1) {
+                    return NULL;
+                }
+                output = PyString_AS_STRING(rval);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    output[chars++] = '"';
+    if (_PyString_Resize(&rval, chars) == -1) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return rval;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+ascii_escape_str(PyObject *pystr)
+{
+    /* Take a PyString pystr and return a new ASCII-only escaped PyString */
+    Py_ssize_t i;
+    Py_ssize_t input_chars;
+    Py_ssize_t output_size;
+    Py_ssize_t chars;
+    PyObject *rval;
+    char *output;
+    char *input_str;
+
+    input_chars = PyString_GET_SIZE(pystr);
+    input_str = PyString_AS_STRING(pystr);
+
+    /* Fast path for a string that's already ASCII */
+    for (i = 0; i < input_chars; i++) {
+        Py_UNICODE c = (Py_UNICODE)(unsigned char)input_str[i];
+        if (!S_CHAR(c)) {
+            /* If we have to escape something, scan the string for unicode */
+            Py_ssize_t j;
+            for (j = i; j < input_chars; j++) {
+                c = (Py_UNICODE)(unsigned char)input_str[j];
+                if (c > 0x7f) {
+                    /* We hit a non-ASCII character, bail to unicode mode */
+                    PyObject *uni;
+                    uni = PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(input_str, input_chars, "strict");
+                    if (uni == NULL) {
+                        return NULL;
+                    }
+                    rval = ascii_escape_unicode(uni);
+                    Py_DECREF(uni);
+                    return rval;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (i == input_chars) {
+        /* Input is already ASCII */
+        output_size = 2 + input_chars;
+    }
+    else {
+        /* One char input can be up to 6 chars output, estimate 4 of these */
+        output_size = 2 + (MIN_EXPANSION * 4) + input_chars;
+    }
+    rval = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, output_size);
+    if (rval == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    output = PyString_AS_STRING(rval);
+    output[0] = '"';
+
+    /* We know that everything up to i is ASCII already */
+    chars = i + 1;
+    memcpy(&output[1], input_str, i);
+
+    for (; i < input_chars; i++) {
+        Py_UNICODE c = (Py_UNICODE)(unsigned char)input_str[i];
+        if (S_CHAR(c)) {
+            output[chars++] = (char)c;
+        }
+        else {
+            chars = ascii_escape_char(c, output, chars);
+        }
+        /* An ASCII char can't possibly expand to a surrogate! */
+        if (output_size - chars < (1 + MIN_EXPANSION)) {
+            /* There's more than four, so let's resize by a lot */
+            output_size *= 2;
+            if (output_size > 2 + (input_chars * MIN_EXPANSION)) {
+                output_size = 2 + (input_chars * MIN_EXPANSION);
+            }
+            if (_PyString_Resize(&rval, output_size) == -1) {
+                return NULL;
+            }
+            output = PyString_AS_STRING(rval);
+        }
+    }
+    output[chars++] = '"';
+    if (_PyString_Resize(&rval, chars) == -1) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return rval;
+}
+
+static void
+raise_errmsg(char *msg, PyObject *s, Py_ssize_t end)
+{
+    /* Use the Python function simplejson.decoder.errmsg to raise a nice
+    looking ValueError exception */
+    static PyObject *JSONDecodeError = NULL;
+    PyObject *exc;
+    if (JSONDecodeError == NULL) {
+        PyObject *decoder = PyImport_ImportModule("simplejson.decoder");
+        if (decoder == NULL)
+            return;
+        JSONDecodeError = PyObject_GetAttrString(decoder, "JSONDecodeError");
+        Py_DECREF(decoder);
+        if (JSONDecodeError == NULL)
+            return;
+    }
+    exc = PyObject_CallFunction(JSONDecodeError, "(zOO&)", msg, s, _convertPyInt_FromSsize_t, &end);
+    if (exc) {
+        PyErr_SetObject(JSONDecodeError, exc);
+        Py_DECREF(exc);
+    }
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+join_list_unicode(PyObject *lst)
+{
+    /* return u''.join(lst) */
+    static PyObject *joinfn = NULL;
+    if (joinfn == NULL) {
+        PyObject *ustr = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(NULL, 0);
+        if (ustr == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+
+        joinfn = PyObject_GetAttrString(ustr, "join");
+        Py_DECREF(ustr);
+        if (joinfn == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+    return PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(joinfn, lst, NULL);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+join_list_string(PyObject *lst)
+{
+    /* return ''.join(lst) */
+    static PyObject *joinfn = NULL;
+    if (joinfn == NULL) {
+        PyObject *ustr = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, 0);
+        if (ustr == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+
+        joinfn = PyObject_GetAttrString(ustr, "join");
+        Py_DECREF(ustr);
+        if (joinfn == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+    return PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(joinfn, lst, NULL);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+_build_rval_index_tuple(PyObject *rval, Py_ssize_t idx) {
+    /* return (rval, idx) tuple, stealing reference to rval */
+    PyObject *tpl;
+    PyObject *pyidx;
+    /*
+    steal a reference to rval, returns (rval, idx)
+    */
+    if (rval == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    pyidx = PyInt_FromSsize_t(idx);
+    if (pyidx == NULL) {
+        Py_DECREF(rval);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    tpl = PyTuple_New(2);
+    if (tpl == NULL) {
+        Py_DECREF(pyidx);
+        Py_DECREF(rval);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    PyTuple_SET_ITEM(tpl, 0, rval);
+    PyTuple_SET_ITEM(tpl, 1, pyidx);
+    return tpl;
+}
+
+#define APPEND_OLD_CHUNK \
+    if (chunk != NULL) { \
+        if (chunks == NULL) { \
+            chunks = PyList_New(0); \
+            if (chunks == NULL) { \
+                goto bail; \
+            } \
+        } \
+        if (PyList_Append(chunks, chunk)) { \
+            goto bail; \
+        } \
+        Py_CLEAR(chunk); \
+    }
+
+static PyObject *
+scanstring_str(PyObject *pystr, Py_ssize_t end, char *encoding, int strict, Py_ssize_t *next_end_ptr)
+{
+    /* Read the JSON string from PyString pystr.
+    end is the index of the first character after the quote.
+    encoding is the encoding of pystr (must be an ASCII superset)
+    if strict is zero then literal control characters are allowed
+    *next_end_ptr is a return-by-reference index of the character
+        after the end quote
+
+    Return value is a new PyString (if ASCII-only) or PyUnicode
+    */
+    PyObject *rval;
+    Py_ssize_t len = PyString_GET_SIZE(pystr);
+    Py_ssize_t begin = end - 1;
+    Py_ssize_t next = begin;
+    int has_unicode = 0;
+    char *buf = PyString_AS_STRING(pystr);
+    PyObject *chunks = NULL;
+    PyObject *chunk = NULL;
+
+    if (end < 0 || len <= end) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "end is out of bounds");
+        goto bail;
+    }
+    while (1) {
+        /* Find the end of the string or the next escape */
+        Py_UNICODE c = 0;
+        for (next = end; next < len; next++) {
+            c = (unsigned char)buf[next];
+            if (c == '"' || c == '\\') {
+                break;
+            }
+            else if (strict && c <= 0x1f) {
+                raise_errmsg("Invalid control character at", pystr, next);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            else if (c > 0x7f) {
+                has_unicode = 1;
+            }
+        }
+        if (!(c == '"' || c == '\\')) {
+            raise_errmsg("Unterminated string starting at", pystr, begin);
+            goto bail;
+        }
+        /* Pick up this chunk if it's not zero length */
+        if (next != end) {
+            APPEND_OLD_CHUNK
+            PyObject *strchunk = PyString_FromStringAndSize(&buf[end], next - end);
+            if (strchunk == NULL) {
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            if (has_unicode) {
+                chunk = PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject(strchunk, encoding, NULL);
+                Py_DECREF(strchunk);
+                if (chunk == NULL) {
+                    goto bail;
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                chunk = strchunk;
+            }
+        }
+        next++;
+        if (c == '"') {
+            end = next;
+            break;
+        }
+        if (next == len) {
+            raise_errmsg("Unterminated string starting at", pystr, begin);
+            goto bail;
+        }
+        c = buf[next];
+        if (c != 'u') {
+            /* Non-unicode backslash escapes */
+            end = next + 1;
+            switch (c) {
+                case '"': break;
+                case '\\': break;
+                case '/': break;
+                case 'b': c = '\b'; break;
+                case 'f': c = '\f'; break;
+                case 'n': c = '\n'; break;
+                case 'r': c = '\r'; break;
+                case 't': c = '\t'; break;
+                default: c = 0;
+            }
+            if (c == 0) {
+                raise_errmsg("Invalid \\escape", pystr, end - 2);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            c = 0;
+            next++;
+            end = next + 4;
+            if (end >= len) {
+                raise_errmsg("Invalid \\uXXXX escape", pystr, next - 1);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            /* Decode 4 hex digits */
+            for (; next < end; next++) {
+                Py_UNICODE digit = buf[next];
+                c <<= 4;
+                switch (digit) {
+                    case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
+                    case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
+                        c |= (digit - '0'); break;
+                    case 'a': case 'b': case 'c': case 'd': case 'e':
+                    case 'f':
+                        c |= (digit - 'a' + 10); break;
+                    case 'A': case 'B': case 'C': case 'D': case 'E':
+                    case 'F':
+                        c |= (digit - 'A' + 10); break;
+                    default:
+                        raise_errmsg("Invalid \\uXXXX escape", pystr, end - 5);
+                        goto bail;
+                }
+            }
+#ifdef Py_UNICODE_WIDE
+            /* Surrogate pair */
+            if ((c & 0xfc00) == 0xd800) {
+                Py_UNICODE c2 = 0;
+                if (end + 6 >= len) {
+                    raise_errmsg("Unpaired high surrogate", pystr, end - 5);
+                    goto bail;
+                }
+                if (buf[next++] != '\\' || buf[next++] != 'u') {
+                    raise_errmsg("Unpaired high surrogate", pystr, end - 5);
+                    goto bail;
+                }
+                end += 6;
+                /* Decode 4 hex digits */
+                for (; next < end; next++) {
+                    c2 <<= 4;
+                    Py_UNICODE digit = buf[next];
+                    switch (digit) {
+                        case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
+                        case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
+                            c2 |= (digit - '0'); break;
+                        case 'a': case 'b': case 'c': case 'd': case 'e':
+                        case 'f':
+                            c2 |= (digit - 'a' + 10); break;
+                        case 'A': case 'B': case 'C': case 'D': case 'E':
+                        case 'F':
+                            c2 |= (digit - 'A' + 10); break;
+                        default:
+                            raise_errmsg("Invalid \\uXXXX escape", pystr, end - 5);
+                            goto bail;
+                    }
+                }
+                if ((c2 & 0xfc00) != 0xdc00) {
+                    raise_errmsg("Unpaired high surrogate", pystr, end - 5);
+                    goto bail;
+                }
+                c = 0x10000 + (((c - 0xd800) << 10) | (c2 - 0xdc00));
+            }
+            else if ((c & 0xfc00) == 0xdc00) {
+                raise_errmsg("Unpaired low surrogate", pystr, end - 5);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+#endif
+        }
+        if (c > 0x7f) {
+            has_unicode = 1;
+        }
+        APPEND_OLD_CHUNK
+        if (has_unicode) {
+            chunk = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(&c, 1);
+            if (chunk == NULL) {
+                goto bail;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            char c_char = Py_CHARMASK(c);
+            chunk = PyString_FromStringAndSize(&c_char, 1);
+            if (chunk == NULL) {
+                goto bail;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (chunks == NULL) {
+        if (chunk != NULL)
+            rval = chunk;
+        else
+            rval = PyString_FromStringAndSize("", 0);
+    }
+    else {
+        APPEND_OLD_CHUNK
+        rval = join_list_string(chunks);
+        if (rval == NULL) {
+            goto bail;
+        }
+        Py_CLEAR(chunks);
+    }
+
+    *next_end_ptr = end;
+    return rval;
+bail:
+    *next_end_ptr = -1;
+    Py_XDECREF(chunk);
+    Py_XDECREF(chunks);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+scanstring_unicode(PyObject *pystr, Py_ssize_t end, int strict, Py_ssize_t *next_end_ptr)
+{
+    /* Read the JSON string from PyUnicode pystr.
+    end is the index of the first character after the quote.
+    if strict is zero then literal control characters are allowed
+    *next_end_ptr is a return-by-reference index of the character
+        after the end quote
+
+    Return value is a new PyUnicode
+    */
+    PyObject *rval;
+    Py_ssize_t len = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(pystr);
+    Py_ssize_t begin = end - 1;
+    Py_ssize_t next = begin;
+    const Py_UNICODE *buf = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(pystr);
+    PyObject *chunks = NULL;
+    PyObject *chunk = NULL;
+
+    if (end < 0 || len <= end) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "end is out of bounds");
+        goto bail;
+    }
+    while (1) {
+        /* Find the end of the string or the next escape */
+        Py_UNICODE c = 0;
+        for (next = end; next < len; next++) {
+            c = buf[next];
+            if (c == '"' || c == '\\') {
+                break;
+            }
+            else if (strict && c <= 0x1f) {
+                raise_errmsg("Invalid control character at", pystr, next);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+        }
+        if (!(c == '"' || c == '\\')) {
+            raise_errmsg("Unterminated string starting at", pystr, begin);
+            goto bail;
+        }
+        /* Pick up this chunk if it's not zero length */
+        if (next != end) {
+            APPEND_OLD_CHUNK
+            chunk = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(&buf[end], next - end);
+            if (chunk == NULL) {
+                goto bail;
+            }
+        }
+        next++;
+        if (c == '"') {
+            end = next;
+            break;
+        }
+        if (next == len) {
+            raise_errmsg("Unterminated string starting at", pystr, begin);
+            goto bail;
+        }
+        c = buf[next];
+        if (c != 'u') {
+            /* Non-unicode backslash escapes */
+            end = next + 1;
+            switch (c) {
+                case '"': break;
+                case '\\': break;
+                case '/': break;
+                case 'b': c = '\b'; break;
+                case 'f': c = '\f'; break;
+                case 'n': c = '\n'; break;
+                case 'r': c = '\r'; break;
+                case 't': c = '\t'; break;
+                default: c = 0;
+            }
+            if (c == 0) {
+                raise_errmsg("Invalid \\escape", pystr, end - 2);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            c = 0;
+            next++;
+            end = next + 4;
+            if (end >= len) {
+                raise_errmsg("Invalid \\uXXXX escape", pystr, next - 1);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            /* Decode 4 hex digits */
+            for (; next < end; next++) {
+                Py_UNICODE digit = buf[next];
+                c <<= 4;
+                switch (digit) {
+                    case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
+                    case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
+                        c |= (digit - '0'); break;
+                    case 'a': case 'b': case 'c': case 'd': case 'e':
+                    case 'f':
+                        c |= (digit - 'a' + 10); break;
+                    case 'A': case 'B': case 'C': case 'D': case 'E':
+                    case 'F':
+                        c |= (digit - 'A' + 10); break;
+                    default:
+                        raise_errmsg("Invalid \\uXXXX escape", pystr, end - 5);
+                        goto bail;
+                }
+            }
+#ifdef Py_UNICODE_WIDE
+            /* Surrogate pair */
+            if ((c & 0xfc00) == 0xd800) {
+                Py_UNICODE c2 = 0;
+                if (end + 6 >= len) {
+                    raise_errmsg("Unpaired high surrogate", pystr, end - 5);
+                    goto bail;
+                }
+                if (buf[next++] != '\\' || buf[next++] != 'u') {
+                    raise_errmsg("Unpaired high surrogate", pystr, end - 5);
+                    goto bail;
+                }
+                end += 6;
+                /* Decode 4 hex digits */
+                for (; next < end; next++) {
+                    c2 <<= 4;
+                    Py_UNICODE digit = buf[next];
+                    switch (digit) {
+                        case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
+                        case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
+                            c2 |= (digit - '0'); break;
+                        case 'a': case 'b': case 'c': case 'd': case 'e':
+                        case 'f':
+                            c2 |= (digit - 'a' + 10); break;
+                        case 'A': case 'B': case 'C': case 'D': case 'E':
+                        case 'F':
+                            c2 |= (digit - 'A' + 10); break;
+                        default:
+                            raise_errmsg("Invalid \\uXXXX escape", pystr, end - 5);
+                            goto bail;
+                    }
+                }
+                if ((c2 & 0xfc00) != 0xdc00) {
+                    raise_errmsg("Unpaired high surrogate", pystr, end - 5);
+                    goto bail;
+                }
+                c = 0x10000 + (((c - 0xd800) << 10) | (c2 - 0xdc00));
+            }
+            else if ((c & 0xfc00) == 0xdc00) {
+                raise_errmsg("Unpaired low surrogate", pystr, end - 5);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+#endif
+        }
+        APPEND_OLD_CHUNK
+        chunk = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(&c, 1);
+        if (chunk == NULL) {
+            goto bail;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (chunks == NULL) {
+        if (chunk != NULL)
+            rval = chunk;
+        else
+            rval = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(NULL, 0);
+    }
+    else {
+        APPEND_OLD_CHUNK
+        rval = join_list_unicode(chunks);
+        if (rval == NULL) {
+            goto bail;
+        }
+        Py_CLEAR(chunks);
+    }
+    *next_end_ptr = end;
+    return rval;
+bail:
+    *next_end_ptr = -1;
+    Py_XDECREF(chunk);
+    Py_XDECREF(chunks);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(pydoc_scanstring,
+    "scanstring(basestring, end, encoding, strict=True) -> (str, end)\n"
+    "\n"
+    "Scan the string s for a JSON string. End is the index of the\n"
+    "character in s after the quote that started the JSON string.\n"
+    "Unescapes all valid JSON string escape sequences and raises ValueError\n"
+    "on attempt to decode an invalid string. If strict is False then literal\n"
+    "control characters are allowed in the string.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "Returns a tuple of the decoded string and the index of the character in s\n"
+    "after the end quote."
+);
+
+static PyObject *
+py_scanstring(PyObject* self UNUSED, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *pystr;
+    PyObject *rval;
+    Py_ssize_t end;
+    Py_ssize_t next_end = -1;
+    char *encoding = NULL;
+    int strict = 1;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO&|zi:scanstring", &pystr, _convertPyInt_AsSsize_t, &end, &encoding, &strict)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (encoding == NULL) {
+        encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODING;
+    }
+    if (PyString_Check(pystr)) {
+        rval = scanstring_str(pystr, end, encoding, strict, &next_end);
+    }
+    else if (PyUnicode_Check(pystr)) {
+        rval = scanstring_unicode(pystr, end, strict, &next_end);
+    }
+    else {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "first argument must be a string, not %.80s",
+                     Py_TYPE(pystr)->tp_name);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return _build_rval_index_tuple(rval, next_end);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(pydoc_encode_basestring_ascii,
+    "encode_basestring_ascii(basestring) -> str\n"
+    "\n"
+    "Return an ASCII-only JSON representation of a Python string"
+);
+
+static PyObject *
+py_encode_basestring_ascii(PyObject* self UNUSED, PyObject *pystr)
+{
+    /* Return an ASCII-only JSON representation of a Python string */
+    /* METH_O */
+    if (PyString_Check(pystr)) {
+        return ascii_escape_str(pystr);
+    }
+    else if (PyUnicode_Check(pystr)) {
+        return ascii_escape_unicode(pystr);
+    }
+    else {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "first argument must be a string, not %.80s",
+                     Py_TYPE(pystr)->tp_name);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+scanner_dealloc(PyObject *self)
+{
+    /* Deallocate scanner object */
+    scanner_clear(self);
+    Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free(self);
+}
+
+static int
+scanner_traverse(PyObject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+    PyScannerObject *s;
+    assert(PyScanner_Check(self));
+    s = (PyScannerObject *)self;
+    Py_VISIT(s->encoding);
+    Py_VISIT(s->strict);
+    Py_VISIT(s->object_hook);
+    Py_VISIT(s->pairs_hook);
+    Py_VISIT(s->parse_float);
+    Py_VISIT(s->parse_int);
+    Py_VISIT(s->parse_constant);
+    Py_VISIT(s->memo);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+scanner_clear(PyObject *self)
+{
+    PyScannerObject *s;
+    assert(PyScanner_Check(self));
+    s = (PyScannerObject *)self;
+    Py_CLEAR(s->encoding);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->strict);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->object_hook);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->pairs_hook);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->parse_float);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->parse_int);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->parse_constant);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->memo);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+_parse_object_str(PyScannerObject *s, PyObject *pystr, Py_ssize_t idx, Py_ssize_t *next_idx_ptr) {
+    /* Read a JSON object from PyString pystr.
+    idx is the index of the first character after the opening curly brace.
+    *next_idx_ptr is a return-by-reference index to the first character after
+        the closing curly brace.
+
+    Returns a new PyObject (usually a dict, but object_hook or
+    object_pairs_hook can change that)
+    */
+    char *str = PyString_AS_STRING(pystr);
+    Py_ssize_t end_idx = PyString_GET_SIZE(pystr) - 1;
+    PyObject *rval = NULL;
+    PyObject *pairs = NULL;
+    PyObject *item;
+    PyObject *key = NULL;
+    PyObject *val = NULL;
+    char *encoding = PyString_AS_STRING(s->encoding);
+    int strict = PyObject_IsTrue(s->strict);
+    int has_pairs_hook = (s->pairs_hook != Py_None);
+    Py_ssize_t next_idx;
+    if (has_pairs_hook) {
+        pairs = PyList_New(0);
+        if (pairs == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+    else {
+        rval = PyDict_New();
+        if (rval == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* skip whitespace after { */
+    while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+
+    /* only loop if the object is non-empty */
+    if (idx <= end_idx && str[idx] != '}') {
+        while (idx <= end_idx) {
+            PyObject *memokey;
+
+            /* read key */
+            if (str[idx] != '"') {
+                raise_errmsg("Expecting property name", pystr, idx);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            key = scanstring_str(pystr, idx + 1, encoding, strict, &next_idx);
+            if (key == NULL)
+                goto bail;
+            memokey = PyDict_GetItem(s->memo, key);
+            if (memokey != NULL) {
+                Py_INCREF(memokey);
+                Py_DECREF(key);
+                key = memokey;
+            }
+            else {
+                if (PyDict_SetItem(s->memo, key, key) < 0)
+                    goto bail;
+            }
+            idx = next_idx;
+
+            /* skip whitespace between key and : delimiter, read :, skip whitespace */
+            while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+            if (idx > end_idx || str[idx] != ':') {
+                raise_errmsg("Expecting : delimiter", pystr, idx);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            idx++;
+            while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+
+            /* read any JSON data type */
+            val = scan_once_str(s, pystr, idx, &next_idx);
+            if (val == NULL)
+                goto bail;
+
+            if (has_pairs_hook) {
+                item = PyTuple_Pack(2, key, val);
+                if (item == NULL)
+                    goto bail;
+                Py_CLEAR(key);
+                Py_CLEAR(val);
+                if (PyList_Append(pairs, item) == -1) {
+                    Py_DECREF(item);
+                    goto bail;
+                }
+                Py_DECREF(item);
+            }
+            else {
+                if (PyDict_SetItem(rval, key, val) < 0)
+                    goto bail;
+                Py_CLEAR(key);
+                Py_CLEAR(val);
+            }
+            idx = next_idx;
+
+            /* skip whitespace before } or , */
+            while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+
+            /* bail if the object is closed or we didn't get the , delimiter */
+            if (idx > end_idx) break;
+            if (str[idx] == '}') {
+                break;
+            }
+            else if (str[idx] != ',') {
+                raise_errmsg("Expecting , delimiter", pystr, idx);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            idx++;
+
+            /* skip whitespace after , delimiter */
+            while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+        }
+    }
+    /* verify that idx < end_idx, str[idx] should be '}' */
+    if (idx > end_idx || str[idx] != '}') {
+        raise_errmsg("Expecting object", pystr, end_idx);
+        goto bail;
+    }
+
+    /* if pairs_hook is not None: rval = object_pairs_hook(pairs) */
+    if (s->pairs_hook != Py_None) {
+        val = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->pairs_hook, pairs, NULL);
+        if (val == NULL)
+            goto bail;
+        Py_DECREF(pairs);
+        *next_idx_ptr = idx + 1;
+        return val;
+    }
+
+    /* if object_hook is not None: rval = object_hook(rval) */
+    if (s->object_hook != Py_None) {
+        val = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->object_hook, rval, NULL);
+        if (val == NULL)
+            goto bail;
+        Py_DECREF(rval);
+        rval = val;
+        val = NULL;
+    }
+    *next_idx_ptr = idx + 1;
+    return rval;
+bail:
+    Py_XDECREF(rval);
+    Py_XDECREF(key);
+    Py_XDECREF(val);
+    Py_XDECREF(pairs);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+_parse_object_unicode(PyScannerObject *s, PyObject *pystr, Py_ssize_t idx, Py_ssize_t *next_idx_ptr) {
+    /* Read a JSON object from PyUnicode pystr.
+    idx is the index of the first character after the opening curly brace.
+    *next_idx_ptr is a return-by-reference index to the first character after
+        the closing curly brace.
+
+    Returns a new PyObject (usually a dict, but object_hook can change that)
+    */
+    Py_UNICODE *str = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(pystr);
+    Py_ssize_t end_idx = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(pystr) - 1;
+    PyObject *rval = NULL;
+    PyObject *pairs = NULL;
+    PyObject *item;
+    PyObject *key = NULL;
+    PyObject *val = NULL;
+    int strict = PyObject_IsTrue(s->strict);
+    int has_pairs_hook = (s->pairs_hook != Py_None);
+    Py_ssize_t next_idx;
+
+    if (has_pairs_hook) {
+        pairs = PyList_New(0);
+        if (pairs == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+    else {
+        rval = PyDict_New();
+        if (rval == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    /* skip whitespace after { */
+    while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+
+    /* only loop if the object is non-empty */
+    if (idx <= end_idx && str[idx] != '}') {
+        while (idx <= end_idx) {
+            PyObject *memokey;
+
+            /* read key */
+            if (str[idx] != '"') {
+                raise_errmsg("Expecting property name", pystr, idx);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            key = scanstring_unicode(pystr, idx + 1, strict, &next_idx);
+            if (key == NULL)
+                goto bail;
+            memokey = PyDict_GetItem(s->memo, key);
+            if (memokey != NULL) {
+                Py_INCREF(memokey);
+                Py_DECREF(key);
+                key = memokey;
+            }
+            else {
+                if (PyDict_SetItem(s->memo, key, key) < 0)
+                    goto bail;
+            }
+            idx = next_idx;
+
+            /* skip whitespace between key and : delimiter, read :, skip whitespace */
+            while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+            if (idx > end_idx || str[idx] != ':') {
+                raise_errmsg("Expecting : delimiter", pystr, idx);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            idx++;
+            while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+
+            /* read any JSON term */
+            val = scan_once_unicode(s, pystr, idx, &next_idx);
+            if (val == NULL)
+                goto bail;
+
+            if (has_pairs_hook) {
+                item = PyTuple_Pack(2, key, val);
+                if (item == NULL)
+                    goto bail;
+                Py_CLEAR(key);
+                Py_CLEAR(val);
+                if (PyList_Append(pairs, item) == -1) {
+                    Py_DECREF(item);
+                    goto bail;
+                }
+                Py_DECREF(item);
+            }
+            else {
+                if (PyDict_SetItem(rval, key, val) < 0)
+                    goto bail;
+                Py_CLEAR(key);
+                Py_CLEAR(val);
+            }
+            idx = next_idx;
+
+            /* skip whitespace before } or , */
+            while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+
+            /* bail if the object is closed or we didn't get the , delimiter */
+            if (idx > end_idx) break;
+            if (str[idx] == '}') {
+                break;
+            }
+            else if (str[idx] != ',') {
+                raise_errmsg("Expecting , delimiter", pystr, idx);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            idx++;
+
+            /* skip whitespace after , delimiter */
+            while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* verify that idx < end_idx, str[idx] should be '}' */
+    if (idx > end_idx || str[idx] != '}') {
+        raise_errmsg("Expecting object", pystr, end_idx);
+        goto bail;
+    }
+
+    /* if pairs_hook is not None: rval = object_pairs_hook(pairs) */
+    if (s->pairs_hook != Py_None) {
+        val = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->pairs_hook, pairs, NULL);
+        if (val == NULL)
+            goto bail;
+        Py_DECREF(pairs);
+        *next_idx_ptr = idx + 1;
+        return val;
+    }
+
+    /* if object_hook is not None: rval = object_hook(rval) */
+    if (s->object_hook != Py_None) {
+        val = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->object_hook, rval, NULL);
+        if (val == NULL)
+            goto bail;
+        Py_DECREF(rval);
+        rval = val;
+        val = NULL;
+    }
+    *next_idx_ptr = idx + 1;
+    return rval;
+bail:
+    Py_XDECREF(rval);
+    Py_XDECREF(key);
+    Py_XDECREF(val);
+    Py_XDECREF(pairs);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+_parse_array_str(PyScannerObject *s, PyObject *pystr, Py_ssize_t idx, Py_ssize_t *next_idx_ptr) {
+    /* Read a JSON array from PyString pystr.
+    idx is the index of the first character after the opening brace.
+    *next_idx_ptr is a return-by-reference index to the first character after
+        the closing brace.
+
+    Returns a new PyList
+    */
+    char *str = PyString_AS_STRING(pystr);
+    Py_ssize_t end_idx = PyString_GET_SIZE(pystr) - 1;
+    PyObject *val = NULL;
+    PyObject *rval = PyList_New(0);
+    Py_ssize_t next_idx;
+    if (rval == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    /* skip whitespace after [ */
+    while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+
+    /* only loop if the array is non-empty */
+    if (idx <= end_idx && str[idx] != ']') {
+        while (idx <= end_idx) {
+
+            /* read any JSON term and de-tuplefy the (rval, idx) */
+            val = scan_once_str(s, pystr, idx, &next_idx);
+            if (val == NULL) {
+                if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopIteration)) {
+                    PyErr_Clear();
+                    raise_errmsg("Expecting object", pystr, idx);
+                }
+                goto bail;
+            }
+
+            if (PyList_Append(rval, val) == -1)
+                goto bail;
+
+            Py_CLEAR(val);
+            idx = next_idx;
+
+            /* skip whitespace between term and , */
+            while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+
+            /* bail if the array is closed or we didn't get the , delimiter */
+            if (idx > end_idx) break;
+            if (str[idx] == ']') {
+                break;
+            }
+            else if (str[idx] != ',') {
+                raise_errmsg("Expecting , delimiter", pystr, idx);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            idx++;
+
+            /* skip whitespace after , */
+            while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* verify that idx < end_idx, str[idx] should be ']' */
+    if (idx > end_idx || str[idx] != ']') {
+        raise_errmsg("Expecting object", pystr, end_idx);
+        goto bail;
+    }
+    *next_idx_ptr = idx + 1;
+    return rval;
+bail:
+    Py_XDECREF(val);
+    Py_DECREF(rval);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+_parse_array_unicode(PyScannerObject *s, PyObject *pystr, Py_ssize_t idx, Py_ssize_t *next_idx_ptr) {
+    /* Read a JSON array from PyString pystr.
+    idx is the index of the first character after the opening brace.
+    *next_idx_ptr is a return-by-reference index to the first character after
+        the closing brace.
+
+    Returns a new PyList
+    */
+    Py_UNICODE *str = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(pystr);
+    Py_ssize_t end_idx = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(pystr) - 1;
+    PyObject *val = NULL;
+    PyObject *rval = PyList_New(0);
+    Py_ssize_t next_idx;
+    if (rval == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    /* skip whitespace after [ */
+    while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+
+    /* only loop if the array is non-empty */
+    if (idx <= end_idx && str[idx] != ']') {
+        while (idx <= end_idx) {
+
+            /* read any JSON term  */
+            val = scan_once_unicode(s, pystr, idx, &next_idx);
+            if (val == NULL) {
+                if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopIteration)) {
+                    PyErr_Clear();
+                    raise_errmsg("Expecting object", pystr, idx);
+                }
+                goto bail;
+            }
+
+            if (PyList_Append(rval, val) == -1)
+                goto bail;
+
+            Py_CLEAR(val);
+            idx = next_idx;
+
+            /* skip whitespace between term and , */
+            while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+
+            /* bail if the array is closed or we didn't get the , delimiter */
+            if (idx > end_idx) break;
+            if (str[idx] == ']') {
+                break;
+            }
+            else if (str[idx] != ',') {
+                raise_errmsg("Expecting , delimiter", pystr, idx);
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            idx++;
+
+            /* skip whitespace after , */
+            while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* verify that idx < end_idx, str[idx] should be ']' */
+    if (idx > end_idx || str[idx] != ']') {
+        raise_errmsg("Expecting object", pystr, end_idx);
+        goto bail;
+    }
+    *next_idx_ptr = idx + 1;
+    return rval;
+bail:
+    Py_XDECREF(val);
+    Py_DECREF(rval);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+_parse_constant(PyScannerObject *s, char *constant, Py_ssize_t idx, Py_ssize_t *next_idx_ptr) {
+    /* Read a JSON constant from PyString pystr.
+    constant is the constant string that was found
+        ("NaN", "Infinity", "-Infinity").
+    idx is the index of the first character of the constant
+    *next_idx_ptr is a return-by-reference index to the first character after
+        the constant.
+
+    Returns the result of parse_constant
+    */
+    PyObject *cstr;
+    PyObject *rval;
+    /* constant is "NaN", "Infinity", or "-Infinity" */
+    cstr = PyString_InternFromString(constant);
+    if (cstr == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    /* rval = parse_constant(constant) */
+    rval = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->parse_constant, cstr, NULL);
+    idx += PyString_GET_SIZE(cstr);
+    Py_DECREF(cstr);
+    *next_idx_ptr = idx;
+    return rval;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+_match_number_str(PyScannerObject *s, PyObject *pystr, Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t *next_idx_ptr) {
+    /* Read a JSON number from PyString pystr.
+    idx is the index of the first character of the number
+    *next_idx_ptr is a return-by-reference index to the first character after
+        the number.
+
+    Returns a new PyObject representation of that number:
+        PyInt, PyLong, or PyFloat.
+        May return other types if parse_int or parse_float are set
+    */
+    char *str = PyString_AS_STRING(pystr);
+    Py_ssize_t end_idx = PyString_GET_SIZE(pystr) - 1;
+    Py_ssize_t idx = start;
+    int is_float = 0;
+    PyObject *rval;
+    PyObject *numstr;
+
+    /* read a sign if it's there, make sure it's not the end of the string */
+    if (str[idx] == '-') {
+        idx++;
+        if (idx > end_idx) {
+            PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* read as many integer digits as we find as long as it doesn't start with 0 */
+    if (str[idx] >= '1' && str[idx] <= '9') {
+        idx++;
+        while (idx <= end_idx && str[idx] >= '0' && str[idx] <= '9') idx++;
+    }
+    /* if it starts with 0 we only expect one integer digit */
+    else if (str[idx] == '0') {
+        idx++;
+    }
+    /* no integer digits, error */
+    else {
+        PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* if the next char is '.' followed by a digit then read all float digits */
+    if (idx < end_idx && str[idx] == '.' && str[idx + 1] >= '0' && str[idx + 1] <= '9') {
+        is_float = 1;
+        idx += 2;
+        while (idx <= end_idx && str[idx] >= '0' && str[idx] <= '9') idx++;
+    }
+
+    /* if the next char is 'e' or 'E' then maybe read the exponent (or backtrack) */
+    if (idx < end_idx && (str[idx] == 'e' || str[idx] == 'E')) {
+
+        /* save the index of the 'e' or 'E' just in case we need to backtrack */
+        Py_ssize_t e_start = idx;
+        idx++;
+
+        /* read an exponent sign if present */
+        if (idx < end_idx && (str[idx] == '-' || str[idx] == '+')) idx++;
+
+        /* read all digits */
+        while (idx <= end_idx && str[idx] >= '0' && str[idx] <= '9') idx++;
+
+        /* if we got a digit, then parse as float. if not, backtrack */
+        if (str[idx - 1] >= '0' && str[idx - 1] <= '9') {
+            is_float = 1;
+        }
+        else {
+            idx = e_start;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* copy the section we determined to be a number */
+    numstr = PyString_FromStringAndSize(&str[start], idx - start);
+    if (numstr == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    if (is_float) {
+        /* parse as a float using a fast path if available, otherwise call user defined method */
+        if (s->parse_float != (PyObject *)&PyFloat_Type) {
+            rval = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->parse_float, numstr, NULL);
+        }
+        else {
+            /* rval = PyFloat_FromDouble(PyOS_ascii_atof(PyString_AS_STRING(numstr))); */
+            double d = PyOS_string_to_double(PyString_AS_STRING(numstr),
+                                             NULL, NULL);
+            if (d == -1.0 && PyErr_Occurred())
+                return NULL;
+            rval = PyFloat_FromDouble(d);
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        /* parse as an int using a fast path if available, otherwise call user defined method */
+        if (s->parse_int != (PyObject *)&PyInt_Type) {
+            rval = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->parse_int, numstr, NULL);
+        }
+        else {
+            rval = PyInt_FromString(PyString_AS_STRING(numstr), NULL, 10);
+        }
+    }
+    Py_DECREF(numstr);
+    *next_idx_ptr = idx;
+    return rval;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+_match_number_unicode(PyScannerObject *s, PyObject *pystr, Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t *next_idx_ptr) {
+    /* Read a JSON number from PyUnicode pystr.
+    idx is the index of the first character of the number
+    *next_idx_ptr is a return-by-reference index to the first character after
+        the number.
+
+    Returns a new PyObject representation of that number:
+        PyInt, PyLong, or PyFloat.
+        May return other types if parse_int or parse_float are set
+    */
+    Py_UNICODE *str = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(pystr);
+    Py_ssize_t end_idx = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(pystr) - 1;
+    Py_ssize_t idx = start;
+    int is_float = 0;
+    PyObject *rval;
+    PyObject *numstr;
+
+    /* read a sign if it's there, make sure it's not the end of the string */
+    if (str[idx] == '-') {
+        idx++;
+        if (idx > end_idx) {
+            PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* read as many integer digits as we find as long as it doesn't start with 0 */
+    if (str[idx] >= '1' && str[idx] <= '9') {
+        idx++;
+        while (idx <= end_idx && str[idx] >= '0' && str[idx] <= '9') idx++;
+    }
+    /* if it starts with 0 we only expect one integer digit */
+    else if (str[idx] == '0') {
+        idx++;
+    }
+    /* no integer digits, error */
+    else {
+        PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* if the next char is '.' followed by a digit then read all float digits */
+    if (idx < end_idx && str[idx] == '.' && str[idx + 1] >= '0' && str[idx + 1] <= '9') {
+        is_float = 1;
+        idx += 2;
+        while (idx <= end_idx && str[idx] >= '0' && str[idx] <= '9') idx++;
+    }
+
+    /* if the next char is 'e' or 'E' then maybe read the exponent (or backtrack) */
+    if (idx < end_idx && (str[idx] == 'e' || str[idx] == 'E')) {
+        Py_ssize_t e_start = idx;
+        idx++;
+
+        /* read an exponent sign if present */
+        if (idx < end_idx && (str[idx] == '-' || str[idx] == '+')) idx++;
+
+        /* read all digits */
+        while (idx <= end_idx && str[idx] >= '0' && str[idx] <= '9') idx++;
+
+        /* if we got a digit, then parse as float. if not, backtrack */
+        if (str[idx - 1] >= '0' && str[idx - 1] <= '9') {
+            is_float = 1;
+        }
+        else {
+            idx = e_start;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* copy the section we determined to be a number */
+    numstr = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(&str[start], idx - start);
+    if (numstr == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    if (is_float) {
+        /* parse as a float using a fast path if available, otherwise call user defined method */
+        if (s->parse_float != (PyObject *)&PyFloat_Type) {
+            rval = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->parse_float, numstr, NULL);
+        }
+        else {
+            rval = PyFloat_FromString(numstr, NULL);
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        /* no fast path for unicode -> int, just call */
+        rval = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->parse_int, numstr, NULL);
+    }
+    Py_DECREF(numstr);
+    *next_idx_ptr = idx;
+    return rval;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+scan_once_str(PyScannerObject *s, PyObject *pystr, Py_ssize_t idx, Py_ssize_t *next_idx_ptr)
+{
+    /* Read one JSON term (of any kind) from PyString pystr.
+    idx is the index of the first character of the term
+    *next_idx_ptr is a return-by-reference index to the first character after
+        the number.
+
+    Returns a new PyObject representation of the term.
+    */
+    char *str = PyString_AS_STRING(pystr);
+    Py_ssize_t length = PyString_GET_SIZE(pystr);
+    if (idx >= length) {
+        PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    switch (str[idx]) {
+        case '"':
+            /* string */
+            return scanstring_str(pystr, idx + 1,
+                PyString_AS_STRING(s->encoding),
+                PyObject_IsTrue(s->strict),
+                next_idx_ptr);
+        case '{':
+            /* object */
+            return _parse_object_str(s, pystr, idx + 1, next_idx_ptr);
+        case '[':
+            /* array */
+            return _parse_array_str(s, pystr, idx + 1, next_idx_ptr);
+        case 'n':
+            /* null */
+            if ((idx + 3 < length) && str[idx + 1] == 'u' && str[idx + 2] == 'l' && str[idx + 3] == 'l') {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                *next_idx_ptr = idx + 4;
+                return Py_None;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 't':
+            /* true */
+            if ((idx + 3 < length) && str[idx + 1] == 'r' && str[idx + 2] == 'u' && str[idx + 3] == 'e') {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_True);
+                *next_idx_ptr = idx + 4;
+                return Py_True;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 'f':
+            /* false */
+            if ((idx + 4 < length) && str[idx + 1] == 'a' && str[idx + 2] == 'l' && str[idx + 3] == 's' && str[idx + 4] == 'e') {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_False);
+                *next_idx_ptr = idx + 5;
+                return Py_False;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 'N':
+            /* NaN */
+            if ((idx + 2 < length) && str[idx + 1] == 'a' && str[idx + 2] == 'N') {
+                return _parse_constant(s, "NaN", idx, next_idx_ptr);
+            }
+            break;
+        case 'I':
+            /* Infinity */
+            if ((idx + 7 < length) && str[idx + 1] == 'n' && str[idx + 2] == 'f' && str[idx + 3] == 'i' && str[idx + 4] == 'n' && str[idx + 5] == 'i' && str[idx + 6] == 't' && str[idx + 7] == 'y') {
+                return _parse_constant(s, "Infinity", idx, next_idx_ptr);
+            }
+            break;
+        case '-':
+            /* -Infinity */
+            if ((idx + 8 < length) && str[idx + 1] == 'I' && str[idx + 2] == 'n' && str[idx + 3] == 'f' && str[idx + 4] == 'i' && str[idx + 5] == 'n' && str[idx + 6] == 'i' && str[idx + 7] == 't' && str[idx + 8] == 'y') {
+                return _parse_constant(s, "-Infinity", idx, next_idx_ptr);
+            }
+            break;
+    }
+    /* Didn't find a string, object, array, or named constant. Look for a number. */
+    return _match_number_str(s, pystr, idx, next_idx_ptr);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+scan_once_unicode(PyScannerObject *s, PyObject *pystr, Py_ssize_t idx, Py_ssize_t *next_idx_ptr)
+{
+    /* Read one JSON term (of any kind) from PyUnicode pystr.
+    idx is the index of the first character of the term
+    *next_idx_ptr is a return-by-reference index to the first character after
+        the number.
+
+    Returns a new PyObject representation of the term.
+    */
+    Py_UNICODE *str = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(pystr);
+    Py_ssize_t length = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(pystr);
+    if (idx >= length) {
+        PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    switch (str[idx]) {
+        case '"':
+            /* string */
+            return scanstring_unicode(pystr, idx + 1,
+                PyObject_IsTrue(s->strict),
+                next_idx_ptr);
+        case '{':
+            /* object */
+            return _parse_object_unicode(s, pystr, idx + 1, next_idx_ptr);
+        case '[':
+            /* array */
+            return _parse_array_unicode(s, pystr, idx + 1, next_idx_ptr);
+        case 'n':
+            /* null */
+            if ((idx + 3 < length) && str[idx + 1] == 'u' && str[idx + 2] == 'l' && str[idx + 3] == 'l') {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                *next_idx_ptr = idx + 4;
+                return Py_None;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 't':
+            /* true */
+            if ((idx + 3 < length) && str[idx + 1] == 'r' && str[idx + 2] == 'u' && str[idx + 3] == 'e') {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_True);
+                *next_idx_ptr = idx + 4;
+                return Py_True;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 'f':
+            /* false */
+            if ((idx + 4 < length) && str[idx + 1] == 'a' && str[idx + 2] == 'l' && str[idx + 3] == 's' && str[idx + 4] == 'e') {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_False);
+                *next_idx_ptr = idx + 5;
+                return Py_False;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 'N':
+            /* NaN */
+            if ((idx + 2 < length) && str[idx + 1] == 'a' && str[idx + 2] == 'N') {
+                return _parse_constant(s, "NaN", idx, next_idx_ptr);
+            }
+            break;
+        case 'I':
+            /* Infinity */
+            if ((idx + 7 < length) && str[idx + 1] == 'n' && str[idx + 2] == 'f' && str[idx + 3] == 'i' && str[idx + 4] == 'n' && str[idx + 5] == 'i' && str[idx + 6] == 't' && str[idx + 7] == 'y') {
+                return _parse_constant(s, "Infinity", idx, next_idx_ptr);
+            }
+            break;
+        case '-':
+            /* -Infinity */
+            if ((idx + 8 < length) && str[idx + 1] == 'I' && str[idx + 2] == 'n' && str[idx + 3] == 'f' && str[idx + 4] == 'i' && str[idx + 5] == 'n' && str[idx + 6] == 'i' && str[idx + 7] == 't' && str[idx + 8] == 'y') {
+                return _parse_constant(s, "-Infinity", idx, next_idx_ptr);
+            }
+            break;
+    }
+    /* Didn't find a string, object, array, or named constant. Look for a number. */
+    return _match_number_unicode(s, pystr, idx, next_idx_ptr);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+scanner_call(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    /* Python callable interface to scan_once_{str,unicode} */
+    PyObject *pystr;
+    PyObject *rval;
+    Py_ssize_t idx;
+    Py_ssize_t next_idx = -1;
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"string", "idx", NULL};
+    PyScannerObject *s;
+    assert(PyScanner_Check(self));
+    s = (PyScannerObject *)self;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "OO&:scan_once", kwlist, &pystr, _convertPyInt_AsSsize_t, &idx))
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (PyString_Check(pystr)) {
+        rval = scan_once_str(s, pystr, idx, &next_idx);
+    }
+    else if (PyUnicode_Check(pystr)) {
+        rval = scan_once_unicode(s, pystr, idx, &next_idx);
+    }
+    else {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                 "first argument must be a string, not %.80s",
+                 Py_TYPE(pystr)->tp_name);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    PyDict_Clear(s->memo);
+    return _build_rval_index_tuple(rval, next_idx);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+scanner_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    PyScannerObject *s;
+    s = (PyScannerObject *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+    if (s != NULL) {
+        s->encoding = NULL;
+        s->strict = NULL;
+        s->object_hook = NULL;
+        s->pairs_hook = NULL;
+        s->parse_float = NULL;
+        s->parse_int = NULL;
+        s->parse_constant = NULL;
+    }
+    return (PyObject *)s;
+}
+
+static int
+scanner_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    /* Initialize Scanner object */
+    PyObject *ctx;
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"context", NULL};
+    PyScannerObject *s;
+
+    assert(PyScanner_Check(self));
+    s = (PyScannerObject *)self;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O:make_scanner", kwlist, &ctx))
+        return -1;
+    
+    if (s->memo == NULL) {
+        s->memo = PyDict_New();
+        if (s->memo == NULL)
+            goto bail;
+    }
+
+    /* PyString_AS_STRING is used on encoding */
+    s->encoding = PyObject_GetAttrString(ctx, "encoding");
+    if (s->encoding == NULL)
+        goto bail;
+    if (s->encoding == Py_None) {
+        Py_DECREF(Py_None);
+        s->encoding = PyString_InternFromString(DEFAULT_ENCODING);
+    }
+    else if (PyUnicode_Check(s->encoding)) {
+        PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(s->encoding, NULL, NULL);
+        Py_DECREF(s->encoding);
+        s->encoding = tmp;
+    }
+    if (s->encoding == NULL || !PyString_Check(s->encoding))
+        goto bail;
+
+    /* All of these will fail "gracefully" so we don't need to verify them */
+    s->strict = PyObject_GetAttrString(ctx, "strict");
+    if (s->strict == NULL)
+        goto bail;
+    s->object_hook = PyObject_GetAttrString(ctx, "object_hook");
+    if (s->object_hook == NULL)
+        goto bail;
+    s->pairs_hook = PyObject_GetAttrString(ctx, "object_pairs_hook");
+    if (s->pairs_hook == NULL)
+        goto bail;
+    s->parse_float = PyObject_GetAttrString(ctx, "parse_float");
+    if (s->parse_float == NULL)
+        goto bail;
+    s->parse_int = PyObject_GetAttrString(ctx, "parse_int");
+    if (s->parse_int == NULL)
+        goto bail;
+    s->parse_constant = PyObject_GetAttrString(ctx, "parse_constant");
+    if (s->parse_constant == NULL)
+        goto bail;
+
+    return 0;
+
+bail:
+    Py_CLEAR(s->encoding);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->strict);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->object_hook);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->pairs_hook);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->parse_float);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->parse_int);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->parse_constant);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(scanner_doc, "JSON scanner object");
+
+static
+PyTypeObject PyScannerType = {
+    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+    0,                    /* tp_internal */
+    "simplejson._speedups.Scanner",       /* tp_name */
+    sizeof(PyScannerObject), /* tp_basicsize */
+    0,                    /* tp_itemsize */
+    scanner_dealloc, /* tp_dealloc */
+    0,                    /* tp_print */
+    0,                    /* tp_getattr */
+    0,                    /* tp_setattr */
+    0,                    /* tp_compare */
+    0,                    /* tp_repr */
+    0,                    /* tp_as_number */
+    0,                    /* tp_as_sequence */
+    0,                    /* tp_as_mapping */
+    0,                    /* tp_hash */
+    scanner_call,         /* tp_call */
+    0,                    /* tp_str */
+    0,/* PyObject_GenericGetAttr, */                    /* tp_getattro */
+    0,/* PyObject_GenericSetAttr, */                    /* tp_setattro */
+    0,                    /* tp_as_buffer */
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC,   /* tp_flags */
+    scanner_doc,          /* tp_doc */
+    scanner_traverse,                    /* tp_traverse */
+    scanner_clear,                    /* tp_clear */
+    0,                    /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,                    /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    0,                    /* tp_iter */
+    0,                    /* tp_iternext */
+    0,                    /* tp_methods */
+    scanner_members,                    /* tp_members */
+    0,                    /* tp_getset */
+    0,                    /* tp_base */
+    0,                    /* tp_dict */
+    0,                    /* tp_descr_get */
+    0,                    /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                    /* tp_dictoffset */
+    scanner_init,                    /* tp_init */
+    0,/* PyType_GenericAlloc, */        /* tp_alloc */
+    scanner_new,          /* tp_new */
+    0,/* PyObject_GC_Del, */              /* tp_free */
+};
+
+static PyObject *
+encoder_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    PyEncoderObject *s;
+    s = (PyEncoderObject *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+    if (s != NULL) {
+        s->markers = NULL;
+        s->defaultfn = NULL;
+        s->encoder = NULL;
+        s->indent = NULL;
+        s->key_separator = NULL;
+        s->item_separator = NULL;
+        s->sort_keys = NULL;
+        s->skipkeys = NULL;
+        s->key_memo = NULL;
+    }
+    return (PyObject *)s;
+}
+
+static int
+encoder_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    /* initialize Encoder object */
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"markers", "default", "encoder", "indent", "key_separator", "item_separator", "sort_keys", "skipkeys", "allow_nan", "key_memo", NULL};
+
+    PyEncoderObject *s;
+    PyObject *markers, *defaultfn, *encoder, *indent, *key_separator;
+    PyObject *item_separator, *sort_keys, *skipkeys, *allow_nan, *key_memo;
+
+    assert(PyEncoder_Check(self));
+    s = (PyEncoderObject *)self;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "OOOOOOOOOO:make_encoder", kwlist,
+        &markers, &defaultfn, &encoder, &indent, &key_separator, &item_separator,
+        &sort_keys, &skipkeys, &allow_nan, &key_memo))
+        return -1;
+
+    s->markers = markers;
+    s->defaultfn = defaultfn;
+    s->encoder = encoder;
+    s->indent = indent;
+    s->key_separator = key_separator;
+    s->item_separator = item_separator;
+    s->sort_keys = sort_keys;
+    s->skipkeys = skipkeys;
+    s->key_memo = key_memo;
+    s->fast_encode = (PyCFunction_Check(s->encoder) && PyCFunction_GetFunction(s->encoder) == (PyCFunction)py_encode_basestring_ascii);
+    s->allow_nan = PyObject_IsTrue(allow_nan);
+
+    Py_INCREF(s->markers);
+    Py_INCREF(s->defaultfn);
+    Py_INCREF(s->encoder);
+    Py_INCREF(s->indent);
+    Py_INCREF(s->key_separator);
+    Py_INCREF(s->item_separator);
+    Py_INCREF(s->sort_keys);
+    Py_INCREF(s->skipkeys);
+    Py_INCREF(s->key_memo);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+encoder_call(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    /* Python callable interface to encode_listencode_obj */
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"obj", "_current_indent_level", NULL};
+    PyObject *obj;
+    PyObject *rval;
+    Py_ssize_t indent_level;
+    PyEncoderObject *s;
+    assert(PyEncoder_Check(self));
+    s = (PyEncoderObject *)self;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "OO&:_iterencode", kwlist,
+        &obj, _convertPyInt_AsSsize_t, &indent_level))
+        return NULL;
+    rval = PyList_New(0);
+    if (rval == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    if (encoder_listencode_obj(s, rval, obj, indent_level)) {
+        Py_DECREF(rval);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return rval;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+_encoded_const(PyObject *obj)
+{
+    /* Return the JSON string representation of None, True, False */
+    if (obj == Py_None) {
+        static PyObject *s_null = NULL;
+        if (s_null == NULL) {
+            s_null = PyString_InternFromString("null");
+        }
+        Py_INCREF(s_null);
+        return s_null;
+    }
+    else if (obj == Py_True) {
+        static PyObject *s_true = NULL;
+        if (s_true == NULL) {
+            s_true = PyString_InternFromString("true");
+        }
+        Py_INCREF(s_true);
+        return s_true;
+    }
+    else if (obj == Py_False) {
+        static PyObject *s_false = NULL;
+        if (s_false == NULL) {
+            s_false = PyString_InternFromString("false");
+        }
+        Py_INCREF(s_false);
+        return s_false;
+    }
+    else {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "not a const");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+encoder_encode_float(PyEncoderObject *s, PyObject *obj)
+{
+    /* Return the JSON representation of a PyFloat */
+    double i = PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE(obj);
+    if (!Py_IS_FINITE(i)) {
+        if (!s->allow_nan) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Out of range float values are not JSON compliant");
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        if (i > 0) {
+            return PyString_FromString("Infinity");
+        }
+        else if (i < 0) {
+            return PyString_FromString("-Infinity");
+        }
+        else {
+            return PyString_FromString("NaN");
+        }
+    }
+    /* Use a better float format here? */
+    return PyObject_Repr(obj);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+encoder_encode_string(PyEncoderObject *s, PyObject *obj)
+{
+    /* Return the JSON representation of a string */
+    if (s->fast_encode)
+        return py_encode_basestring_ascii(NULL, obj);
+    else
+        return PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->encoder, obj, NULL);
+}
+
+static int
+_steal_list_append(PyObject *lst, PyObject *stolen)
+{
+    /* Append stolen and then decrement its reference count */
+    int rval = PyList_Append(lst, stolen);
+    Py_DECREF(stolen);
+    return rval;
+}
+
+static int
+encoder_listencode_obj(PyEncoderObject *s, PyObject *rval, PyObject *obj, Py_ssize_t indent_level)
+{
+    /* Encode Python object obj to a JSON term, rval is a PyList */
+    PyObject *newobj;
+    int rv;
+
+    if (obj == Py_None || obj == Py_True || obj == Py_False) {
+        PyObject *cstr = _encoded_const(obj);
+        if (cstr == NULL)
+            return -1;
+        return _steal_list_append(rval, cstr);
+    }
+    else if (PyString_Check(obj) || PyUnicode_Check(obj))
+    {
+        PyObject *encoded = encoder_encode_string(s, obj);
+        if (encoded == NULL)
+            return -1;
+        return _steal_list_append(rval, encoded);
+    }
+    else if (PyInt_Check(obj) || PyLong_Check(obj)) {
+        PyObject *encoded = PyObject_Str(obj);
+        if (encoded == NULL)
+            return -1;
+        return _steal_list_append(rval, encoded);
+    }
+    else if (PyFloat_Check(obj)) {
+        PyObject *encoded = encoder_encode_float(s, obj);
+        if (encoded == NULL)
+            return -1;
+        return _steal_list_append(rval, encoded);
+    }
+    else if (PyList_Check(obj) || PyTuple_Check(obj)) {
+        return encoder_listencode_list(s, rval, obj, indent_level);
+    }
+    else if (PyDict_Check(obj)) {
+        return encoder_listencode_dict(s, rval, obj, indent_level);
+    }
+    else {
+        PyObject *ident = NULL;
+        if (s->markers != Py_None) {
+            int has_key;
+            ident = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(obj);
+            if (ident == NULL)
+                return -1;
+            has_key = PyDict_Contains(s->markers, ident);
+            if (has_key) {
+                if (has_key != -1)
+                    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Circular reference detected");
+                Py_DECREF(ident);
+                return -1;
+            }
+            if (PyDict_SetItem(s->markers, ident, obj)) {
+                Py_DECREF(ident);
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+        newobj = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->defaultfn, obj, NULL);
+        if (newobj == NULL) {
+            Py_XDECREF(ident);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        rv = encoder_listencode_obj(s, rval, newobj, indent_level);
+        Py_DECREF(newobj);
+        if (rv) {
+            Py_XDECREF(ident);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (ident != NULL) {
+            if (PyDict_DelItem(s->markers, ident)) {
+                Py_XDECREF(ident);
+                return -1;
+            }
+            Py_XDECREF(ident);
+        }
+        return rv;
+    }
+}
+
+static int
+encoder_listencode_dict(PyEncoderObject *s, PyObject *rval, PyObject *dct, Py_ssize_t indent_level)
+{
+    /* Encode Python dict dct a JSON term, rval is a PyList */
+    static PyObject *open_dict = NULL;
+    static PyObject *close_dict = NULL;
+    static PyObject *empty_dict = NULL;
+    static PyObject *iteritems = NULL;
+    PyObject *kstr = NULL;
+    PyObject *ident = NULL;
+    PyObject *key, *value;
+    PyObject *iter = NULL;
+    PyObject *item = NULL;
+    PyObject *encoded = NULL;
+    int skipkeys;
+    Py_ssize_t idx;
+
+    if (open_dict == NULL || close_dict == NULL || empty_dict == NULL || iteritems == NULL) {
+        open_dict = PyString_InternFromString("{");
+        close_dict = PyString_InternFromString("}");
+        empty_dict = PyString_InternFromString("{}");
+        iteritems = PyString_InternFromString("iteritems");
+        if (open_dict == NULL || close_dict == NULL || empty_dict == NULL || iteritems == NULL)
+            return -1;
+    }
+    if (PyDict_Size(dct) == 0)
+        return PyList_Append(rval, empty_dict);
+
+    if (s->markers != Py_None) {
+        int has_key;
+        ident = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(dct);
+        if (ident == NULL)
+            goto bail;
+        has_key = PyDict_Contains(s->markers, ident);
+        if (has_key) {
+            if (has_key != -1)
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Circular reference detected");
+            goto bail;
+        }
+        if (PyDict_SetItem(s->markers, ident, dct)) {
+            goto bail;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (PyList_Append(rval, open_dict))
+        goto bail;
+
+    if (s->indent != Py_None) {
+        /* TODO: DOES NOT RUN */
+        indent_level += 1;
+        /*
+            newline_indent = '\n' + (_indent * _current_indent_level)
+            separator = _item_separator + newline_indent
+            buf += newline_indent
+        */
+    }
+
+    /* TODO: C speedup not implemented for sort_keys */
+
+    skipkeys = PyObject_IsTrue(s->skipkeys);
+    idx = 0;
+    iter = PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs(dct, iteritems, NULL);
+    if (iter == NULL)
+        goto bail;
+    while ((item = PyIter_Next(iter))) {
+
+        key = PyTuple_GetItem(item, 0);
+        if (key == NULL)
+            goto bail;
+        value = PyTuple_GetItem(item, 1);
+        if (value == NULL)
+            goto bail;
+        
+        encoded = PyDict_GetItem(s->key_memo, key);
+        if (encoded != NULL) {
+            Py_INCREF(encoded);
+        }
+        else if (PyString_Check(key) || PyUnicode_Check(key)) {
+            Py_INCREF(key);
+            kstr = key;
+        }
+        else if (PyFloat_Check(key)) {
+            kstr = encoder_encode_float(s, key);
+            if (kstr == NULL)
+                goto bail;
+        }
+        else if (PyInt_Check(key) || PyLong_Check(key)) {
+            kstr = PyObject_Str(key);
+            if (kstr == NULL)
+                goto bail;
+        }
+        else if (key == Py_True || key == Py_False || key == Py_None) {
+            kstr = _encoded_const(key);
+            if (kstr == NULL)
+                goto bail;
+        }
+        else if (skipkeys) {
+            Py_DECREF(item);
+            continue;
+        }
+        else {
+            /* TODO: include repr of key */
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "keys must be a string");
+            goto bail;
+        }
+
+        if (idx) {
+            if (PyList_Append(rval, s->item_separator))
+                goto bail;
+        }
+
+        if (encoded == NULL) {
+            encoded = encoder_encode_string(s, kstr);
+            Py_CLEAR(kstr);
+            if (encoded == NULL)
+                goto bail;
+            if (PyDict_SetItem(s->key_memo, key, encoded))
+                goto bail;
+        }
+        if (PyList_Append(rval, encoded)) {
+            goto bail;
+        }
+        Py_CLEAR(encoded);
+        if (PyList_Append(rval, s->key_separator))
+            goto bail;
+        if (encoder_listencode_obj(s, rval, value, indent_level))
+            goto bail;
+        Py_CLEAR(item);
+        idx += 1;
+    }
+    Py_CLEAR(iter);
+    if (PyErr_Occurred())
+        goto bail;
+    if (ident != NULL) {
+        if (PyDict_DelItem(s->markers, ident))
+            goto bail;
+        Py_CLEAR(ident);
+    }
+    if (s->indent != Py_None) {
+        /* TODO: DOES NOT RUN */
+        indent_level -= 1;
+        /*
+            yield '\n' + (_indent * _current_indent_level)
+        */
+    }
+    if (PyList_Append(rval, close_dict))
+        goto bail;
+    return 0;
+
+bail:
+    Py_XDECREF(encoded);
+    Py_XDECREF(item);
+    Py_XDECREF(iter);
+    Py_XDECREF(kstr);
+    Py_XDECREF(ident);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+
+static int
+encoder_listencode_list(PyEncoderObject *s, PyObject *rval, PyObject *seq, Py_ssize_t indent_level)
+{
+    /* Encode Python list seq to a JSON term, rval is a PyList */
+    static PyObject *open_array = NULL;
+    static PyObject *close_array = NULL;
+    static PyObject *empty_array = NULL;
+    PyObject *ident = NULL;
+    PyObject *iter = NULL;
+    PyObject *obj = NULL;
+    int is_true;
+    int i = 0;
+
+    if (open_array == NULL || close_array == NULL || empty_array == NULL) {
+        open_array = PyString_InternFromString("[");
+        close_array = PyString_InternFromString("]");
+        empty_array = PyString_InternFromString("[]");
+        if (open_array == NULL || close_array == NULL || empty_array == NULL)
+            return -1;
+    }
+    ident = NULL;
+    is_true = PyObject_IsTrue(seq);
+    if (is_true == -1)
+        return -1;
+    else if (is_true == 0)
+        return PyList_Append(rval, empty_array);
+
+    if (s->markers != Py_None) {
+        int has_key;
+        ident = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(seq);
+        if (ident == NULL)
+            goto bail;
+        has_key = PyDict_Contains(s->markers, ident);
+        if (has_key) {
+            if (has_key != -1)
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Circular reference detected");
+            goto bail;
+        }
+        if (PyDict_SetItem(s->markers, ident, seq)) {
+            goto bail;
+        }
+    }
+
+    iter = PyObject_GetIter(seq);
+    if (iter == NULL)
+        goto bail;
+
+    if (PyList_Append(rval, open_array))
+        goto bail;
+    if (s->indent != Py_None) {
+        /* TODO: DOES NOT RUN */
+        indent_level += 1;
+        /*
+            newline_indent = '\n' + (_indent * _current_indent_level)
+            separator = _item_separator + newline_indent
+            buf += newline_indent
+        */
+    }
+    while ((obj = PyIter_Next(iter))) {
+        if (i) {
+            if (PyList_Append(rval, s->item_separator))
+                goto bail;
+        }
+        if (encoder_listencode_obj(s, rval, obj, indent_level))
+            goto bail;
+        i++;
+        Py_CLEAR(obj);
+    }
+    Py_CLEAR(iter);
+    if (PyErr_Occurred())
+        goto bail;
+    if (ident != NULL) {
+        if (PyDict_DelItem(s->markers, ident))
+            goto bail;
+        Py_CLEAR(ident);
+    }
+    if (s->indent != Py_None) {
+        /* TODO: DOES NOT RUN */
+        indent_level -= 1;
+        /*
+            yield '\n' + (_indent * _current_indent_level)
+        */
+    }
+    if (PyList_Append(rval, close_array))
+        goto bail;
+    return 0;
+
+bail:
+    Py_XDECREF(obj);
+    Py_XDECREF(iter);
+    Py_XDECREF(ident);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static void
+encoder_dealloc(PyObject *self)
+{
+    /* Deallocate Encoder */
+    encoder_clear(self);
+    Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free(self);
+}
+
+static int
+encoder_traverse(PyObject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+    PyEncoderObject *s;
+    assert(PyEncoder_Check(self));
+    s = (PyEncoderObject *)self;
+    Py_VISIT(s->markers);
+    Py_VISIT(s->defaultfn);
+    Py_VISIT(s->encoder);
+    Py_VISIT(s->indent);
+    Py_VISIT(s->key_separator);
+    Py_VISIT(s->item_separator);
+    Py_VISIT(s->sort_keys);
+    Py_VISIT(s->skipkeys);
+    Py_VISIT(s->key_memo);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+encoder_clear(PyObject *self)
+{
+    /* Deallocate Encoder */
+    PyEncoderObject *s;
+    assert(PyEncoder_Check(self));
+    s = (PyEncoderObject *)self;
+    Py_CLEAR(s->markers);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->defaultfn);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->encoder);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->indent);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->key_separator);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->item_separator);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->sort_keys);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->skipkeys);
+    Py_CLEAR(s->key_memo);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(encoder_doc, "_iterencode(obj, _current_indent_level) -> iterable");
+
+static
+PyTypeObject PyEncoderType = {
+    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+    0,                    /* tp_internal */
+    "simplejson._speedups.Encoder",       /* tp_name */
+    sizeof(PyEncoderObject), /* tp_basicsize */
+    0,                    /* tp_itemsize */
+    encoder_dealloc, /* tp_dealloc */
+    0,                    /* tp_print */
+    0,                    /* tp_getattr */
+    0,                    /* tp_setattr */
+    0,                    /* tp_compare */
+    0,                    /* tp_repr */
+    0,                    /* tp_as_number */
+    0,                    /* tp_as_sequence */
+    0,                    /* tp_as_mapping */
+    0,                    /* tp_hash */
+    encoder_call,         /* tp_call */
+    0,                    /* tp_str */
+    0,                    /* tp_getattro */
+    0,                    /* tp_setattro */
+    0,                    /* tp_as_buffer */
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC,   /* tp_flags */
+    encoder_doc,          /* tp_doc */
+    encoder_traverse,     /* tp_traverse */
+    encoder_clear,        /* tp_clear */
+    0,                    /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,                    /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    0,                    /* tp_iter */
+    0,                    /* tp_iternext */
+    0,                    /* tp_methods */
+    encoder_members,      /* tp_members */
+    0,                    /* tp_getset */
+    0,                    /* tp_base */
+    0,                    /* tp_dict */
+    0,                    /* tp_descr_get */
+    0,                    /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                    /* tp_dictoffset */
+    encoder_init,         /* tp_init */
+    0,                    /* tp_alloc */
+    encoder_new,          /* tp_new */
+    0,                    /* tp_free */
+};
+
+static PyMethodDef speedups_methods[] = {
+    {"encode_basestring_ascii",
+        (PyCFunction)py_encode_basestring_ascii,
+        METH_O,
+        pydoc_encode_basestring_ascii},
+    {"scanstring",
+        (PyCFunction)py_scanstring,
+        METH_VARARGS,
+        pydoc_scanstring},
+    {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
+"simplejson speedups\n");
+
+void
+init_speedups(void)
+{
+    PyObject *m;
+    PyScannerType.tp_new = PyType_GenericNew;
+    if (PyType_Ready(&PyScannerType) < 0)
+        return;
+    PyEncoderType.tp_new = PyType_GenericNew;
+    if (PyType_Ready(&PyEncoderType) < 0)
+        return;
+    m = Py_InitModule3("_speedups", speedups_methods, module_doc);
+    Py_INCREF((PyObject*)&PyScannerType);
+    PyModule_AddObject(m, "make_scanner", (PyObject*)&PyScannerType);
+    Py_INCREF((PyObject*)&PyEncoderType);
+    PyModule_AddObject(m, "make_encoder", (PyObject*)&PyEncoderType);
+}
diff --git a/decoder.py b/decoder.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bf4b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decoder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,418 @@
+"""Implementation of JSONDecoder
+"""
+import re
+import sys
+import struct
+
+from simplejson.scanner import make_scanner
+try:
+    from simplejson._speedups import scanstring as c_scanstring
+except ImportError:
+    c_scanstring = None
+
+__all__ = ['JSONDecoder']
+
+FLAGS = re.VERBOSE | re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL
+
+def _floatconstants():
+    _BYTES = '7FF80000000000007FF0000000000000'.decode('hex')
+    # The struct module in Python 2.4 would get frexp() out of range here
+    # when an endian is specified in the format string. Fixed in Python 2.5+
+    if sys.byteorder != 'big':
+        _BYTES = _BYTES[:8][::-1] + _BYTES[8:][::-1]
+    nan, inf = struct.unpack('dd', _BYTES)
+    return nan, inf, -inf
+
+NaN, PosInf, NegInf = _floatconstants()
+
+
+class JSONDecodeError(ValueError):
+    """Subclass of ValueError with the following additional properties:
+    
+    msg: The unformatted error message
+    doc: The JSON document being parsed
+    pos: The start index of doc where parsing failed
+    end: The end index of doc where parsing failed (may be None)
+    lineno: The line corresponding to pos
+    colno: The column corresponding to pos
+    endlineno: The line corresponding to end (may be None)
+    endcolno: The column corresponding to end (may be None)
+    
+    """
+    def __init__(self, msg, doc, pos, end=None):
+        ValueError.__init__(self, errmsg(msg, doc, pos, end=end))
+        self.msg = msg
+        self.doc = doc
+        self.pos = pos
+        self.end = end
+        self.lineno, self.colno = linecol(doc, pos)
+        if end is not None:
+            self.endlineno, self.endcolno = linecol(doc, pos)
+        else:
+            self.endlineno, self.endcolno = None, None
+
+
+def linecol(doc, pos):
+    lineno = doc.count('\n', 0, pos) + 1
+    if lineno == 1:
+        colno = pos
+    else:
+        colno = pos - doc.rindex('\n', 0, pos)
+    return lineno, colno
+
+
+def errmsg(msg, doc, pos, end=None):
+    # Note that this function is called from _speedups
+    lineno, colno = linecol(doc, pos)
+    if end is None:
+        #fmt = '{0}: line {1} column {2} (char {3})'
+        #return fmt.format(msg, lineno, colno, pos)
+        fmt = '%s: line %d column %d (char %d)'
+        return fmt % (msg, lineno, colno, pos)
+    endlineno, endcolno = linecol(doc, end)
+    #fmt = '{0}: line {1} column {2} - line {3} column {4} (char {5} - {6})'
+    #return fmt.format(msg, lineno, colno, endlineno, endcolno, pos, end)
+    fmt = '%s: line %d column %d - line %d column %d (char %d - %d)'
+    return fmt % (msg, lineno, colno, endlineno, endcolno, pos, end)
+
+
+_CONSTANTS = {
+    '-Infinity': NegInf,
+    'Infinity': PosInf,
+    'NaN': NaN,
+}
+
+STRINGCHUNK = re.compile(r'(.*?)(["\\\x00-\x1f])', FLAGS)
+BACKSLASH = {
+    '"': u'"', '\\': u'\\', '/': u'/',
+    'b': u'\b', 'f': u'\f', 'n': u'\n', 'r': u'\r', 't': u'\t',
+}
+
+DEFAULT_ENCODING = "utf-8"
+
+def py_scanstring(s, end, encoding=None, strict=True,
+        _b=BACKSLASH, _m=STRINGCHUNK.match):
+    """Scan the string s for a JSON string. End is the index of the
+    character in s after the quote that started the JSON string.
+    Unescapes all valid JSON string escape sequences and raises ValueError
+    on attempt to decode an invalid string. If strict is False then literal
+    control characters are allowed in the string.
+
+    Returns a tuple of the decoded string and the index of the character in s
+    after the end quote."""
+    if encoding is None:
+        encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODING
+    chunks = []
+    _append = chunks.append
+    begin = end - 1
+    while 1:
+        chunk = _m(s, end)
+        if chunk is None:
+            raise JSONDecodeError(
+                "Unterminated string starting at", s, begin)
+        end = chunk.end()
+        content, terminator = chunk.groups()
+        # Content is contains zero or more unescaped string characters
+        if content:
+            if not isinstance(content, unicode):
+                content = unicode(content, encoding)
+            _append(content)
+        # Terminator is the end of string, a literal control character,
+        # or a backslash denoting that an escape sequence follows
+        if terminator == '"':
+            break
+        elif terminator != '\\':
+            if strict:
+                msg = "Invalid control character %r at" % (terminator,)
+                #msg = "Invalid control character {0!r} at".format(terminator)
+                raise JSONDecodeError(msg, s, end)
+            else:
+                _append(terminator)
+                continue
+        try:
+            esc = s[end]
+        except IndexError:
+            raise JSONDecodeError(
+                "Unterminated string starting at", s, begin)
+        # If not a unicode escape sequence, must be in the lookup table
+        if esc != 'u':
+            try:
+                char = _b[esc]
+            except KeyError:
+                msg = "Invalid \\escape: " + repr(esc)
+                raise JSONDecodeError(msg, s, end)
+            end += 1
+        else:
+            # Unicode escape sequence
+            esc = s[end + 1:end + 5]
+            next_end = end + 5
+            if len(esc) != 4:
+                msg = "Invalid \\uXXXX escape"
+                raise JSONDecodeError(msg, s, end)
+            uni = int(esc, 16)
+            # Check for surrogate pair on UCS-4 systems
+            if 0xd800 <= uni <= 0xdbff and sys.maxunicode > 65535:
+                msg = "Invalid \\uXXXX\\uXXXX surrogate pair"
+                if not s[end + 5:end + 7] == '\\u':
+                    raise JSONDecodeError(msg, s, end)
+                esc2 = s[end + 7:end + 11]
+                if len(esc2) != 4:
+                    raise JSONDecodeError(msg, s, end)
+                uni2 = int(esc2, 16)
+                uni = 0x10000 + (((uni - 0xd800) << 10) | (uni2 - 0xdc00))
+                next_end += 6
+            char = unichr(uni)
+            end = next_end
+        # Append the unescaped character
+        _append(char)
+    return u''.join(chunks), end
+
+
+# Use speedup if available
+scanstring = c_scanstring or py_scanstring
+
+WHITESPACE = re.compile(r'[ \t\n\r]*', FLAGS)
+WHITESPACE_STR = ' \t\n\r'
+
+def JSONObject((s, end), encoding, strict, scan_once, object_hook,
+        object_pairs_hook, memo=None,
+        _w=WHITESPACE.match, _ws=WHITESPACE_STR):
+    # Backwards compatibility
+    if memo is None:
+        memo = {}
+    memo_get = memo.setdefault
+    pairs = []
+    # Use a slice to prevent IndexError from being raised, the following
+    # check will raise a more specific ValueError if the string is empty
+    nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
+    # Normally we expect nextchar == '"'
+    if nextchar != '"':
+        if nextchar in _ws:
+            end = _w(s, end).end()
+            nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
+        # Trivial empty object
+        if nextchar == '}':
+            if object_pairs_hook is not None:
+                result = object_pairs_hook(pairs)
+                return result, end
+            pairs = {}
+            if object_hook is not None:
+                pairs = object_hook(pairs)
+            return pairs, end + 1
+        elif nextchar != '"':
+            raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting property name", s, end)
+    end += 1
+    while True:
+        key, end = scanstring(s, end, encoding, strict)
+        key = memo_get(key, key)
+
+        # To skip some function call overhead we optimize the fast paths where
+        # the JSON key separator is ": " or just ":".
+        if s[end:end + 1] != ':':
+            end = _w(s, end).end()
+            if s[end:end + 1] != ':':
+                raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting : delimiter", s, end)
+
+        end += 1
+
+        try:
+            if s[end] in _ws:
+                end += 1
+                if s[end] in _ws:
+                    end = _w(s, end + 1).end()
+        except IndexError:
+            pass
+
+        try:
+            value, end = scan_once(s, end)
+        except StopIteration:
+            raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting object", s, end)
+        pairs.append((key, value))
+
+        try:
+            nextchar = s[end]
+            if nextchar in _ws:
+                end = _w(s, end + 1).end()
+                nextchar = s[end]
+        except IndexError:
+            nextchar = ''
+        end += 1
+
+        if nextchar == '}':
+            break
+        elif nextchar != ',':
+            raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting , delimiter", s, end - 1)
+
+        try:
+            nextchar = s[end]
+            if nextchar in _ws:
+                end += 1
+                nextchar = s[end]
+                if nextchar in _ws:
+                    end = _w(s, end + 1).end()
+                    nextchar = s[end]
+        except IndexError:
+            nextchar = ''
+
+        end += 1
+        if nextchar != '"':
+            raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting property name", s, end - 1)
+
+    if object_pairs_hook is not None:
+        result = object_pairs_hook(pairs)
+        return result, end
+    pairs = dict(pairs)
+    if object_hook is not None:
+        pairs = object_hook(pairs)
+    return pairs, end
+
+def JSONArray((s, end), scan_once, _w=WHITESPACE.match, _ws=WHITESPACE_STR):
+    values = []
+    nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
+    if nextchar in _ws:
+        end = _w(s, end + 1).end()
+        nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
+    # Look-ahead for trivial empty array
+    if nextchar == ']':
+        return values, end + 1
+    _append = values.append
+    while True:
+        try:
+            value, end = scan_once(s, end)
+        except StopIteration:
+            raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting object", s, end)
+        _append(value)
+        nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
+        if nextchar in _ws:
+            end = _w(s, end + 1).end()
+            nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
+        end += 1
+        if nextchar == ']':
+            break
+        elif nextchar != ',':
+            raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting , delimiter", s, end)
+
+        try:
+            if s[end] in _ws:
+                end += 1
+                if s[end] in _ws:
+                    end = _w(s, end + 1).end()
+        except IndexError:
+            pass
+
+    return values, end
+
+class JSONDecoder(object):
+    """Simple JSON <http://json.org> decoder
+
+    Performs the following translations in decoding by default:
+
+    +---------------+-------------------+
+    | JSON          | Python            |
+    +===============+===================+
+    | object        | dict              |
+    +---------------+-------------------+
+    | array         | list              |
+    +---------------+-------------------+
+    | string        | unicode           |
+    +---------------+-------------------+
+    | number (int)  | int, long         |
+    +---------------+-------------------+
+    | number (real) | float             |
+    +---------------+-------------------+
+    | true          | True              |
+    +---------------+-------------------+
+    | false         | False             |
+    +---------------+-------------------+
+    | null          | None              |
+    +---------------+-------------------+
+
+    It also understands ``NaN``, ``Infinity``, and ``-Infinity`` as
+    their corresponding ``float`` values, which is outside the JSON spec.
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, encoding=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
+            parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, strict=True,
+            object_pairs_hook=None):
+        """
+        *encoding* determines the encoding used to interpret any
+        :class:`str` objects decoded by this instance (``'utf-8'`` by
+        default).  It has no effect when decoding :class:`unicode` objects.
+
+        Note that currently only encodings that are a superset of ASCII work,
+        strings of other encodings should be passed in as :class:`unicode`.
+
+        *object_hook*, if specified, will be called with the result of every
+        JSON object decoded and its return value will be used in place of the
+        given :class:`dict`.  This can be used to provide custom
+        deserializations (e.g. to support JSON-RPC class hinting).
+
+        *object_pairs_hook* is an optional function that will be called with
+        the result of any object literal decode with an ordered list of pairs.
+        The return value of *object_pairs_hook* will be used instead of the
+        :class:`dict`.  This feature can be used to implement custom decoders
+        that rely on the order that the key and value pairs are decoded (for
+        example, :func:`collections.OrderedDict` will remember the order of
+        insertion). If *object_hook* is also defined, the *object_pairs_hook*
+        takes priority.
+
+        *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. :class:`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. :class:`float`).
+
+        *parse_constant*, if specified, will be called with one of the
+        following strings: ``'-Infinity'``, ``'Infinity'``, ``'NaN'``.  This
+        can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers are
+        encountered.
+
+        *strict* controls the parser's behavior when it encounters an
+        invalid control character in a string. The default setting of
+        ``True`` means that unescaped control characters are parse errors, if
+        ``False`` then control characters will be allowed in strings.
+
+        """
+        self.encoding = encoding
+        self.object_hook = object_hook
+        self.object_pairs_hook = object_pairs_hook
+        self.parse_float = parse_float or float
+        self.parse_int = parse_int or int
+        self.parse_constant = parse_constant or _CONSTANTS.__getitem__
+        self.strict = strict
+        self.parse_object = JSONObject
+        self.parse_array = JSONArray
+        self.parse_string = scanstring
+        self.memo = {}
+        self.scan_once = make_scanner(self)
+
+    def decode(self, s, _w=WHITESPACE.match):
+        """Return the Python representation of ``s`` (a ``str`` or ``unicode``
+        instance containing a JSON document)
+
+        """
+        obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
+        end = _w(s, end).end()
+        if end != len(s):
+            raise JSONDecodeError("Extra data", s, end, len(s))
+        return obj
+
+    def raw_decode(self, s, idx=0):
+        """Decode a JSON document from ``s`` (a ``str`` or ``unicode``
+        beginning with a JSON document) and return a 2-tuple of the Python
+        representation and the index in ``s`` where the document ended.
+
+        This can be used to decode a JSON document from a string that may
+        have extraneous data at the end.
+
+        """
+        try:
+            obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)
+        except StopIteration:
+            raise JSONDecodeError("No JSON object could be decoded", s, idx)
+        return obj, end
diff --git a/encoder.py b/encoder.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a6ffab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encoder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,488 @@
+"""Implementation of JSONEncoder
+"""
+import re
+
+try:
+    from simplejson._speedups import encode_basestring_ascii as \
+        c_encode_basestring_ascii
+except ImportError:
+    c_encode_basestring_ascii = None
+try:
+    from simplejson._speedups import make_encoder as c_make_encoder
+except ImportError:
+    c_make_encoder = None
+
+from simplejson.decoder import PosInf
+
+ESCAPE = re.compile(r'[\x00-\x1f\\"\b\f\n\r\t]')
+ESCAPE_ASCII = re.compile(r'([\\"]|[^\ -~])')
+HAS_UTF8 = re.compile(r'[\x80-\xff]')
+ESCAPE_DCT = {
+    '\\': '\\\\',
+    '"': '\\"',
+    '\b': '\\b',
+    '\f': '\\f',
+    '\n': '\\n',
+    '\r': '\\r',
+    '\t': '\\t',
+}
+for i in range(0x20):
+    #ESCAPE_DCT.setdefault(chr(i), '\\u{0:04x}'.format(i))
+    ESCAPE_DCT.setdefault(chr(i), '\\u%04x' % (i,))
+
+FLOAT_REPR = repr
+
+def encode_basestring(s):
+    """Return a JSON representation of a Python string
+
+    """
+    if isinstance(s, str) and HAS_UTF8.search(s) is not None:
+        s = s.decode('utf-8')
+    def replace(match):
+        return ESCAPE_DCT[match.group(0)]
+    return u'"' + ESCAPE.sub(replace, s) + u'"'
+
+
+def py_encode_basestring_ascii(s):
+    """Return an ASCII-only JSON representation of a Python string
+
+    """
+    if isinstance(s, str) and HAS_UTF8.search(s) is not None:
+        s = s.decode('utf-8')
+    def replace(match):
+        s = match.group(0)
+        try:
+            return ESCAPE_DCT[s]
+        except KeyError:
+            n = ord(s)
+            if n < 0x10000:
+                #return '\\u{0:04x}'.format(n)
+                return '\\u%04x' % (n,)
+            else:
+                # surrogate pair
+                n -= 0x10000
+                s1 = 0xd800 | ((n >> 10) & 0x3ff)
+                s2 = 0xdc00 | (n & 0x3ff)
+                #return '\\u{0:04x}\\u{1:04x}'.format(s1, s2)
+                return '\\u%04x\\u%04x' % (s1, s2)
+    return '"' + str(ESCAPE_ASCII.sub(replace, s)) + '"'
+
+
+encode_basestring_ascii = (
+    c_encode_basestring_ascii or py_encode_basestring_ascii)
+
+class JSONEncoder(object):
+    """Extensible JSON <http://json.org> encoder for Python data structures.
+
+    Supports the following objects and types by default:
+
+    +-------------------+---------------+
+    | Python            | JSON          |
+    +===================+===============+
+    | dict              | object        |
+    +-------------------+---------------+
+    | list, tuple       | array         |
+    +-------------------+---------------+
+    | str, unicode      | string        |
+    +-------------------+---------------+
+    | int, long, float  | number        |
+    +-------------------+---------------+
+    | True              | true          |
+    +-------------------+---------------+
+    | False             | false         |
+    +-------------------+---------------+
+    | None              | null          |
+    +-------------------+---------------+
+
+    To extend this to recognize other objects, subclass and implement a
+    ``.default()`` method with another method that returns a serializable
+    object for ``o`` if possible, otherwise it should call the superclass
+    implementation (to raise ``TypeError``).
+
+    """
+    item_separator = ', '
+    key_separator = ': '
+    def __init__(self, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True,
+            check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, sort_keys=False,
+            indent=None, separators=None, encoding='utf-8', default=None):
+        """Constructor for JSONEncoder, with sensible defaults.
+
+        If skipkeys is false, then it is a TypeError to attempt
+        encoding of keys that are not str, int, long, float or None.  If
+        skipkeys is True, such items are simply skipped.
+
+        If ensure_ascii is true, the output is guaranteed to be str
+        objects with all incoming unicode characters escaped.  If
+        ensure_ascii is false, the output will be unicode object.
+
+        If check_circular is true, then lists, dicts, and custom encoded
+        objects will be checked for circular references during encoding to
+        prevent an infinite recursion (which would cause an OverflowError).
+        Otherwise, no such check takes place.
+
+        If allow_nan is true, then NaN, Infinity, and -Infinity will be
+        encoded as such.  This behavior is not JSON specification compliant,
+        but is consistent with most JavaScript based encoders and decoders.
+        Otherwise, it will be a ValueError to encode such floats.
+
+        If sort_keys is true, then the output of dictionaries will be
+        sorted by key; this is useful for regression tests to ensure
+        that JSON serializations can be compared on a day-to-day basis.
+
+        If indent is a string, then JSON array elements and object members
+        will be pretty-printed with a newline followed by that string repeated
+        for each level of nesting. ``None`` (the default) selects the most compact
+        representation without any newlines. For backwards compatibility with
+        versions of simplejson earlier than 2.1.0, an integer is also accepted
+        and is converted to a string with that many spaces.
+
+        If specified, separators should be a (item_separator, key_separator)
+        tuple.  The default is (', ', ': ').  To get the most compact JSON
+        representation you should specify (',', ':') to eliminate whitespace.
+
+        If specified, default is a function that gets called for objects
+        that can't otherwise be serialized.  It should return a JSON encodable
+        version of the object or raise a ``TypeError``.
+
+        If encoding is not None, then all input strings will be
+        transformed into unicode using that encoding prior to JSON-encoding.
+        The default is UTF-8.
+
+        """
+
+        self.skipkeys = skipkeys
+        self.ensure_ascii = ensure_ascii
+        self.check_circular = check_circular
+        self.allow_nan = allow_nan
+        self.sort_keys = sort_keys
+        if isinstance(indent, (int, long)):
+            indent = ' ' * indent
+        self.indent = indent
+        if separators is not None:
+            self.item_separator, self.key_separator = separators
+        if default is not None:
+            self.default = default
+        self.encoding = encoding
+
+    def default(self, o):
+        """Implement this method in a subclass such that it returns
+        a serializable object for ``o``, or calls the base implementation
+        (to raise a ``TypeError``).
+
+        For example, to support arbitrary iterators, you could
+        implement default like this::
+
+            def default(self, o):
+                try:
+                    iterable = iter(o)
+                except TypeError:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    return list(iterable)
+                return JSONEncoder.default(self, o)
+
+        """
+        raise TypeError(repr(o) + " is not JSON serializable")
+
+    def encode(self, o):
+        """Return a JSON string representation of a Python data structure.
+
+        >>> from simplejson import JSONEncoder
+        >>> JSONEncoder().encode({"foo": ["bar", "baz"]})
+        '{"foo": ["bar", "baz"]}'
+
+        """
+        # This is for extremely simple cases and benchmarks.
+        if isinstance(o, basestring):
+            if isinstance(o, str):
+                _encoding = self.encoding
+                if (_encoding is not None
+                        and not (_encoding == 'utf-8')):
+                    o = o.decode(_encoding)
+            if self.ensure_ascii:
+                return encode_basestring_ascii(o)
+            else:
+                return encode_basestring(o)
+        # This doesn't pass the iterator directly to ''.join() because the
+        # exceptions aren't as detailed.  The list call should be roughly
+        # equivalent to the PySequence_Fast that ''.join() would do.
+        chunks = self.iterencode(o, _one_shot=True)
+        if not isinstance(chunks, (list, tuple)):
+            chunks = list(chunks)
+        if self.ensure_ascii:
+            return ''.join(chunks)
+        else:
+            return u''.join(chunks)
+
+    def iterencode(self, o, _one_shot=False):
+        """Encode the given object and yield each string
+        representation as available.
+
+        For example::
+
+            for chunk in JSONEncoder().iterencode(bigobject):
+                mysocket.write(chunk)
+
+        """
+        if self.check_circular:
+            markers = {}
+        else:
+            markers = None
+        if self.ensure_ascii:
+            _encoder = encode_basestring_ascii
+        else:
+            _encoder = encode_basestring
+        if self.encoding != 'utf-8':
+            def _encoder(o, _orig_encoder=_encoder, _encoding=self.encoding):
+                if isinstance(o, str):
+                    o = o.decode(_encoding)
+                return _orig_encoder(o)
+
+        def floatstr(o, allow_nan=self.allow_nan,
+                _repr=FLOAT_REPR, _inf=PosInf, _neginf=-PosInf):
+            # Check for specials. Note that this type of test is processor
+            # and/or platform-specific, so do tests which don't depend on
+            # the internals.
+
+            if o != o:
+                text = 'NaN'
+            elif o == _inf:
+                text = 'Infinity'
+            elif o == _neginf:
+                text = '-Infinity'
+            else:
+                return _repr(o)
+
+            if not allow_nan:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Out of range float values are not JSON compliant: " +
+                    repr(o))
+
+            return text
+
+
+        key_memo = {}
+        if (_one_shot and c_make_encoder is not None
+                and not self.indent and not self.sort_keys):
+            _iterencode = c_make_encoder(
+                markers, self.default, _encoder, self.indent,
+                self.key_separator, self.item_separator, self.sort_keys,
+                self.skipkeys, self.allow_nan, key_memo)
+        else:
+            _iterencode = _make_iterencode(
+                markers, self.default, _encoder, self.indent, floatstr,
+                self.key_separator, self.item_separator, self.sort_keys,
+                self.skipkeys, _one_shot)
+        try:
+            return _iterencode(o, 0)
+        finally:
+            key_memo.clear()
+
+
+class JSONEncoderForHTML(JSONEncoder):
+    """An encoder that produces JSON safe to embed in HTML.
+
+    To embed JSON content in, say, a script tag on a web page, the
+    characters &, < and > should be escaped. They cannot be escaped
+    with the usual entities (e.g. &amp;) because they are not expanded
+    within <script> tags.
+    """
+
+    def encode(self, o):
+        # Override JSONEncoder.encode because it has hacks for
+        # performance that make things more complicated.
+        chunks = self.iterencode(o, True)
+        if self.ensure_ascii:
+            return ''.join(chunks)
+        else:
+            return u''.join(chunks)
+
+    def iterencode(self, o, _one_shot=False):
+        chunks = super(JSONEncoderForHTML, self).iterencode(o, _one_shot)
+        for chunk in chunks:
+            chunk = chunk.replace('&', '\\u0026')
+            chunk = chunk.replace('<', '\\u003c')
+            chunk = chunk.replace('>', '\\u003e')
+            yield chunk
+
+
+def _make_iterencode(markers, _default, _encoder, _indent, _floatstr,
+        _key_separator, _item_separator, _sort_keys, _skipkeys, _one_shot,
+        ## HACK: hand-optimized bytecode; turn globals into locals
+        False=False,
+        True=True,
+        ValueError=ValueError,
+        basestring=basestring,
+        dict=dict,
+        float=float,
+        id=id,
+        int=int,
+        isinstance=isinstance,
+        list=list,
+        long=long,
+        str=str,
+        tuple=tuple,
+    ):
+
+    def _iterencode_list(lst, _current_indent_level):
+        if not lst:
+            yield '[]'
+            return
+        if markers is not None:
+            markerid = id(lst)
+            if markerid in markers:
+                raise ValueError("Circular reference detected")
+            markers[markerid] = lst
+        buf = '['
+        if _indent is not None:
+            _current_indent_level += 1
+            newline_indent = '\n' + (_indent * _current_indent_level)
+            separator = _item_separator + newline_indent
+            buf += newline_indent
+        else:
+            newline_indent = None
+            separator = _item_separator
+        first = True
+        for value in lst:
+            if first:
+                first = False
+            else:
+                buf = separator
+            if isinstance(value, basestring):
+                yield buf + _encoder(value)
+            elif value is None:
+                yield buf + 'null'
+            elif value is True:
+                yield buf + 'true'
+            elif value is False:
+                yield buf + 'false'
+            elif isinstance(value, (int, long)):
+                yield buf + str(value)
+            elif isinstance(value, float):
+                yield buf + _floatstr(value)
+            else:
+                yield buf
+                if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
+                    chunks = _iterencode_list(value, _current_indent_level)
+                elif isinstance(value, dict):
+                    chunks = _iterencode_dict(value, _current_indent_level)
+                else:
+                    chunks = _iterencode(value, _current_indent_level)
+                for chunk in chunks:
+                    yield chunk
+        if newline_indent is not None:
+            _current_indent_level -= 1
+            yield '\n' + (_indent * _current_indent_level)
+        yield ']'
+        if markers is not None:
+            del markers[markerid]
+
+    def _iterencode_dict(dct, _current_indent_level):
+        if not dct:
+            yield '{}'
+            return
+        if markers is not None:
+            markerid = id(dct)
+            if markerid in markers:
+                raise ValueError("Circular reference detected")
+            markers[markerid] = dct
+        yield '{'
+        if _indent is not None:
+            _current_indent_level += 1
+            newline_indent = '\n' + (_indent * _current_indent_level)
+            item_separator = _item_separator + newline_indent
+            yield newline_indent
+        else:
+            newline_indent = None
+            item_separator = _item_separator
+        first = True
+        if _sort_keys:
+            items = dct.items()
+            items.sort(key=lambda kv: kv[0])
+        else:
+            items = dct.iteritems()
+        for key, value in items:
+            if isinstance(key, basestring):
+                pass
+            # JavaScript is weakly typed for these, so it makes sense to
+            # also allow them.  Many encoders seem to do something like this.
+            elif isinstance(key, float):
+                key = _floatstr(key)
+            elif key is True:
+                key = 'true'
+            elif key is False:
+                key = 'false'
+            elif key is None:
+                key = 'null'
+            elif isinstance(key, (int, long)):
+                key = str(key)
+            elif _skipkeys:
+                continue
+            else:
+                raise TypeError("key " + repr(key) + " is not a string")
+            if first:
+                first = False
+            else:
+                yield item_separator
+            yield _encoder(key)
+            yield _key_separator
+            if isinstance(value, basestring):
+                yield _encoder(value)
+            elif value is None:
+                yield 'null'
+            elif value is True:
+                yield 'true'
+            elif value is False:
+                yield 'false'
+            elif isinstance(value, (int, long)):
+                yield str(value)
+            elif isinstance(value, float):
+                yield _floatstr(value)
+            else:
+                if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
+                    chunks = _iterencode_list(value, _current_indent_level)
+                elif isinstance(value, dict):
+                    chunks = _iterencode_dict(value, _current_indent_level)
+                else:
+                    chunks = _iterencode(value, _current_indent_level)
+                for chunk in chunks:
+                    yield chunk
+        if newline_indent is not None:
+            _current_indent_level -= 1
+            yield '\n' + (_indent * _current_indent_level)
+        yield '}'
+        if markers is not None:
+            del markers[markerid]
+
+    def _iterencode(o, _current_indent_level):
+        if isinstance(o, basestring):
+            yield _encoder(o)
+        elif o is None:
+            yield 'null'
+        elif o is True:
+            yield 'true'
+        elif o is False:
+            yield 'false'
+        elif isinstance(o, (int, long)):
+            yield str(o)
+        elif isinstance(o, float):
+            yield _floatstr(o)
+        elif isinstance(o, (list, tuple)):
+            for chunk in _iterencode_list(o, _current_indent_level):
+                yield chunk
+        elif isinstance(o, dict):
+            for chunk in _iterencode_dict(o, _current_indent_level):
+                yield chunk
+        else:
+            if markers is not None:
+                markerid = id(o)
+                if markerid in markers:
+                    raise ValueError("Circular reference detected")
+                markers[markerid] = o
+            o = _default(o)
+            for chunk in _iterencode(o, _current_indent_level):
+                yield chunk
+            if markers is not None:
+                del markers[markerid]
+
+    return _iterencode
diff --git a/jsonfilter.py b/jsonfilter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01ca21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsonfilter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import simplejson
+import cgi
+
+class JSONFilter(object):
+    def __init__(self, app, mime_type='text/x-json'):
+        self.app = app
+        self.mime_type = mime_type
+
+    def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
+        # Read JSON POST input to jsonfilter.json if matching mime type
+        response = {'status': '200 OK', 'headers': []}
+        def json_start_response(status, headers):
+            response['status'] = status
+            response['headers'].extend(headers)
+        environ['jsonfilter.mime_type'] = self.mime_type
+        if environ.get('REQUEST_METHOD', '') == 'POST':
+            if environ.get('CONTENT_TYPE', '') == self.mime_type:
+                args = [_ for _ in [environ.get('CONTENT_LENGTH')] if _]
+                data = environ['wsgi.input'].read(*map(int, args))
+                environ['jsonfilter.json'] = simplejson.loads(data)
+        res = simplejson.dumps(self.app(environ, json_start_response))
+        jsonp = cgi.parse_qs(environ.get('QUERY_STRING', '')).get('jsonp')
+        if jsonp:
+            content_type = 'text/javascript'
+            res = ''.join(jsonp + ['(', res, ')'])
+        elif 'Opera' in environ.get('HTTP_USER_AGENT', ''):
+            # Opera has bunk XMLHttpRequest support for most mime types
+            content_type = 'text/plain'
+        else:
+            content_type = self.mime_type
+        headers = [
+            ('Content-type', content_type),
+            ('Content-length', len(res)),
+        ]
+        headers.extend(response['headers'])
+        start_response(response['status'], headers)
+        return [res]
+
+def factory(app, global_conf, **kw):
+    return JSONFilter(app, **kw)
diff --git a/ordered.patch b/ordered.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48637d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ordered.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+Index: scanner.py
+===================================================================
+--- scanner.py	(revision 177)
++++ scanner.py	(revision 178)
+@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
+     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:
+@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
+             return parse_string(string, idx + 1, encoding, strict)
+         elif nextchar == '{':
+             return parse_object((string, idx + 1), encoding, strict,
+-                _scan_once, object_hook)
++                _scan_once, object_hook, object_pairs_hook)
+         elif nextchar == '[':
+             return parse_array((string, idx + 1), _scan_once)
+         elif nextchar == 'n' and string[idx:idx + 4] == 'null':
+Index: tests/test_decode.py
+===================================================================
+--- tests/test_decode.py	(revision 177)
++++ tests/test_decode.py	(revision 178)
+@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+ import decimal
+ from unittest import TestCase
++from StringIO import StringIO
+ 
+ import simplejson as json
+ 
+@@ -20,3 +21,20 @@
+         # exercise the uncommon cases. The array cases are already covered.
+         rval = json.loads('{   "key"    :    "value"    ,  "k":"v"    }')
+         self.assertEquals(rval, {"key":"value", "k":"v"})
++
++    def test_object_pairs_hook(self):
++        s = '{"xkd":1, "kcw":2, "art":3, "hxm":4, "qrt":5, "pad":6, "hoy":7}'
++        p = [("xkd", 1), ("kcw", 2), ("art", 3), ("hxm", 4),
++             ("qrt", 5), ("pad", 6), ("hoy", 7)]
++        self.assertEqual(json.loads(s), eval(s))
++        self.assertEqual(json.loads(s, object_pairs_hook=lambda x: x), p)
++        self.assertEqual(json.load(StringIO(s),
++                                   object_pairs_hook=lambda x: x), p)
++        od = json.loads(s, object_pairs_hook=json.OrderedDict)
++        self.assertEqual(od, json.OrderedDict(p))
++        self.assertEqual(type(od), json.OrderedDict)
++        # the object_pairs_hook takes priority over the object_hook
++        self.assertEqual(json.loads(s,
++                                    object_pairs_hook=json.OrderedDict,
++                                    object_hook=lambda x: None),
++                         json.OrderedDict(p))
+Index: tests/test_unicode.py
+===================================================================
+--- tests/test_unicode.py	(revision 177)
++++ tests/test_unicode.py	(revision 178)
+@@ -55,6 +55,22 @@
+             s = '"\\u%04x"' % (i,)
+             self.assertEquals(json.loads(s), u)
+ 
++    def test_object_pairs_hook_with_unicode(self):
++        s = u'{"xkd":1, "kcw":2, "art":3, "hxm":4, "qrt":5, "pad":6, "hoy":7}'
++        p = [(u"xkd", 1), (u"kcw", 2), (u"art", 3), (u"hxm", 4),
++             (u"qrt", 5), (u"pad", 6), (u"hoy", 7)]
++        self.assertEqual(json.loads(s), eval(s))
++        self.assertEqual(json.loads(s, object_pairs_hook=lambda x: x), p)
++        od = json.loads(s, object_pairs_hook=json.OrderedDict)
++        self.assertEqual(od, json.OrderedDict(p))
++        self.assertEqual(type(od), json.OrderedDict)
++        # the object_pairs_hook takes priority over the object_hook
++        self.assertEqual(json.loads(s,
++                                    object_pairs_hook=json.OrderedDict,
++                                    object_hook=lambda x: None),
++                         json.OrderedDict(p))
++
++
+     def test_default_encoding(self):
+         self.assertEquals(json.loads(u'{"a": "\xe9"}'.encode('utf-8')),
+             {'a': u'\xe9'})
+Index: tool.py
+===================================================================
+--- tool.py	(revision 177)
++++ tool.py	(revision 178)
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
+ 
+ """
+ import sys
+-import simplejson
++import simplejson as json
+ 
+ def main():
+     if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
+     else:
+         raise SystemExit(sys.argv[0] + " [infile [outfile]]")
+     try:
+-        obj = simplejson.load(infile)
++        obj = json.load(infile, object_pairs_hook=json.OrderedDict)
+     except ValueError, e:
+         raise SystemExit(e)
+-    simplejson.dump(obj, outfile, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
++    json.dump(obj, outfile, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+     outfile.write('\n')
+ 
+ 
+Index: __init__.py
+===================================================================
+--- __init__.py	(revision 177)
++++ __init__.py	(revision 178)
+@@ -101,12 +101,17 @@
+ __all__ = [
+     'dump', 'dumps', 'load', 'loads',
+     'JSONDecoder', 'JSONEncoder',
++    'OrderedDict',
+ ]
+ 
+ __author__ = 'Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com>'
+ 
+ from decoder import JSONDecoder
+ from encoder import JSONEncoder
++try:
++    from collections import OrderedDict
++except ImportError:
++    from ordered_dict import OrderedDict
+ 
+ _default_encoder = JSONEncoder(
+     skipkeys=False,
+@@ -238,26 +243,51 @@
+         **kw).encode(obj)
+ 
+ 
+-_default_decoder = JSONDecoder(encoding=None, object_hook=None)
++_default_decoder = JSONDecoder(encoding=None, object_hook=None,
++                               object_pairs_hook=None)
+ 
+ 
+ def load(fp, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
+-        parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, **kw):
++        parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=None, **kw):
+     """Deserialize ``fp`` (a ``.read()``-supporting file-like object containing
+     a JSON document) to a Python object.
+ 
+-    If the contents of ``fp`` 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 wrapped with
+-    ``codecs.getreader(fp)(encoding)``, or simply decoded to a ``unicode``
+-    object and passed to ``loads()``
++    *encoding* determines the encoding used to interpret any
++    :class:`str` objects decoded by this instance (``'utf-8'`` by
++    default).  It has no effect when decoding :class:`unicode` objects.
+ 
+-    ``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).
++    Note that currently only encodings that are a superset of ASCII work,
++    strings of other encodings should be passed in as :class:`unicode`.
+ 
++    *object_hook*, if specified, will be called with the result of every
++    JSON object decoded and its return value will be used in place of the
++    given :class:`dict`.  This can be used to provide custom
++    deserializations (e.g. to support JSON-RPC class hinting).
++
++    *object_pairs_hook* is an optional function that will be called with
++    the result of any object literal decode with an ordered list of pairs.
++    The return value of *object_pairs_hook* will be used instead of the
++    :class:`dict`.  This feature can be used to implement custom decoders
++    that rely on the order that the key and value pairs are decoded (for
++    example, :func:`collections.OrderedDict` will remember the order of
++    insertion). If *object_hook* is also defined, the *object_pairs_hook*
++    takes priority.
++
++    *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. :class:`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. :class:`float`).
++
++    *parse_constant*, if specified, will be called with one of the
++    following strings: ``'-Infinity'``, ``'Infinity'``, ``'NaN'``.  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.
+ 
+@@ -265,51 +295,65 @@
+     return loads(fp.read(),
+         encoding=encoding, cls=cls, object_hook=object_hook,
+         parse_float=parse_float, parse_int=parse_int,
+-        parse_constant=parse_constant, **kw)
++        parse_constant=parse_constant, object_pairs_hook=object_pairs_hook,
++        **kw)
+ 
+ 
+ def loads(s, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
+-        parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, **kw):
++        parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=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.
++    *encoding* determines the encoding used to interpret any
++    :class:`str` objects decoded by this instance (``'utf-8'`` by
++    default).  It has no effect when decoding :class:`unicode` objects.
+ 
+-    ``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).
++    Note that currently only encodings that are a superset of ASCII work,
++    strings of other encodings should be passed in as :class:`unicode`.
+ 
+-    ``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).
++    *object_hook*, if specified, will be called with the result of every
++    JSON object decoded and its return value will be used in place of the
++    given :class:`dict`.  This can be used to provide custom
++    deserializations (e.g. to support JSON-RPC class hinting).
+ 
+-    ``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).
++    *object_pairs_hook* is an optional function that will be called with
++    the result of any object literal decode with an ordered list of pairs.
++    The return value of *object_pairs_hook* will be used instead of the
++    :class:`dict`.  This feature can be used to implement custom decoders
++    that rely on the order that the key and value pairs are decoded (for
++    example, :func:`collections.OrderedDict` will remember the order of
++    insertion). If *object_hook* is also defined, the *object_pairs_hook*
++    takes priority.
+ 
+-    ``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.
++    *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. :class:`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. :class:`float`).
++
++    *parse_constant*, if specified, will be called with one of the
++    following strings: ``'-Infinity'``, ``'Infinity'``, ``'NaN'``.  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):
++            parse_constant is None and object_pairs_hook 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 object_pairs_hook is not None:
++        kw['object_pairs_hook'] = object_pairs_hook
+     if parse_float is not None:
+         kw['parse_float'] = parse_float
+     if parse_int is not None:
+Index: _speedups.c
+===================================================================
+--- _speedups.c	(revision 177)
++++ _speedups.c	(revision 178)
+@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
+     PyObject *encoding;
+     PyObject *strict;
+     PyObject *object_hook;
++    PyObject *pairs_hook;
+     PyObject *parse_float;
+     PyObject *parse_int;
+     PyObject *parse_constant;
+@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
+     {"encoding", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, encoding), READONLY, "encoding"},
+     {"strict", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, strict), READONLY, "strict"},
+     {"object_hook", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, object_hook), READONLY, "object_hook"},
++    {"object_pairs_hook", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, pairs_hook), READONLY, "object_pairs_hook"},
+     {"parse_float", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, parse_float), READONLY, "parse_float"},
+     {"parse_int", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, parse_int), READONLY, "parse_int"},
+     {"parse_constant", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyScannerObject, parse_constant), READONLY, "parse_constant"},
+@@ -891,6 +893,7 @@
+     Py_VISIT(s->encoding);
+     Py_VISIT(s->strict);
+     Py_VISIT(s->object_hook);
++    Py_VISIT(s->pairs_hook);
+     Py_VISIT(s->parse_float);
+     Py_VISIT(s->parse_int);
+     Py_VISIT(s->parse_constant);
+@@ -906,6 +909,7 @@
+     Py_CLEAR(s->encoding);
+     Py_CLEAR(s->strict);
+     Py_CLEAR(s->object_hook);
++    Py_CLEAR(s->pairs_hook);
+     Py_CLEAR(s->parse_float);
+     Py_CLEAR(s->parse_int);
+     Py_CLEAR(s->parse_constant);
+@@ -919,17 +923,21 @@
+     *next_idx_ptr is a return-by-reference index to the first character after
+         the closing curly brace.
+ 
+-    Returns a new PyObject (usually a dict, but object_hook can change that)
++    Returns a new PyObject (usually a dict, but object_hook or
++    object_pairs_hook can change that)
+     */
+     char *str = PyString_AS_STRING(pystr);
+     Py_ssize_t end_idx = PyString_GET_SIZE(pystr) - 1;
+-    PyObject *rval = PyDict_New();
++    PyObject *rval;
++    PyObject *pairs;
++    PyObject *item;
+     PyObject *key = NULL;
+     PyObject *val = NULL;
+     char *encoding = PyString_AS_STRING(s->encoding);
+     int strict = PyObject_IsTrue(s->strict);
+     Py_ssize_t next_idx;
+-    if (rval == NULL)
++    pairs = PyList_New(0);
++    if (pairs == NULL)
+         return NULL;
+ 
+     /* skip whitespace after { */
+@@ -962,11 +970,16 @@
+             if (val == NULL)
+                 goto bail;
+ 
+-            if (PyDict_SetItem(rval, key, val) == -1)
++            item = PyTuple_Pack(2, key, val);
++            if (item == NULL)
+                 goto bail;
+-
+             Py_CLEAR(key);
+             Py_CLEAR(val);
++            if (PyList_Append(pairs, item) == -1) {
++                Py_DECREF(item);
++                goto bail;
++            }
++            Py_DECREF(item);
+             idx = next_idx;
+ 
+             /* skip whitespace before } or , */
+@@ -992,6 +1005,23 @@
+         raise_errmsg("Expecting object", pystr, end_idx);
+         goto bail;
+     }
++
++    /* if pairs_hook is not None: rval = object_pairs_hook(pairs) */
++    if (s->pairs_hook != Py_None) {
++        val = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->pairs_hook, pairs, NULL);
++        if (val == NULL)
++            goto bail;
++        Py_DECREF(pairs);
++        *next_idx_ptr = idx + 1;
++        return val;
++    }
++
++    rval = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs((PyObject *)(&PyDict_Type),
++                                        pairs, NULL);
++    if (rval == NULL)
++        goto bail;
++    Py_CLEAR(pairs);
++
+     /* if object_hook is not None: rval = object_hook(rval) */
+     if (s->object_hook != Py_None) {
+         val = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->object_hook, rval, NULL);
+@@ -1006,7 +1036,7 @@
+ bail:
+     Py_XDECREF(key);
+     Py_XDECREF(val);
+-    Py_DECREF(rval);
++    Py_XDECREF(pairs);
+     return NULL;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -1021,14 +1051,18 @@
+     */
+     Py_UNICODE *str = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(pystr);
+     Py_ssize_t end_idx = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(pystr) - 1;
++    PyObject *rval;
++    PyObject *pairs;
++    PyObject *item;
++    PyObject *key = NULL;
+     PyObject *val = NULL;
+-    PyObject *rval = PyDict_New();
+-    PyObject *key = NULL;
+     int strict = PyObject_IsTrue(s->strict);
+     Py_ssize_t next_idx;
+-    if (rval == NULL)
++
++    pairs = PyList_New(0);
++    if (pairs == NULL)
+         return NULL;
+-
++    
+     /* skip whitespace after { */
+     while (idx <= end_idx && IS_WHITESPACE(str[idx])) idx++;
+ 
+@@ -1059,11 +1093,16 @@
+             if (val == NULL)
+                 goto bail;
+ 
+-            if (PyDict_SetItem(rval, key, val) == -1)
++            item = PyTuple_Pack(2, key, val);
++            if (item == NULL)
+                 goto bail;
+-
+             Py_CLEAR(key);
+             Py_CLEAR(val);
++            if (PyList_Append(pairs, item) == -1) {
++                Py_DECREF(item);
++                goto bail;
++            }
++            Py_DECREF(item);
+             idx = next_idx;
+ 
+             /* skip whitespace before } or , */
+@@ -1091,6 +1130,22 @@
+         goto bail;
+     }
+ 
++    /* if pairs_hook is not None: rval = object_pairs_hook(pairs) */
++    if (s->pairs_hook != Py_None) {
++        val = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->pairs_hook, pairs, NULL);
++        if (val == NULL)
++            goto bail;
++        Py_DECREF(pairs);
++        *next_idx_ptr = idx + 1;
++        return val;
++    }
++
++    rval = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs((PyObject *)(&PyDict_Type),
++                                        pairs, NULL);
++    if (rval == NULL)
++        goto bail;
++    Py_CLEAR(pairs);
++
+     /* if object_hook is not None: rval = object_hook(rval) */
+     if (s->object_hook != Py_None) {
+         val = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(s->object_hook, rval, NULL);
+@@ -1105,7 +1160,7 @@
+ bail:
+     Py_XDECREF(key);
+     Py_XDECREF(val);
+-    Py_DECREF(rval);
++    Py_XDECREF(pairs);
+     return NULL;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -1648,6 +1703,7 @@
+         s->encoding = NULL;
+         s->strict = NULL;
+         s->object_hook = NULL;
++        s->pairs_hook = NULL;
+         s->parse_float = NULL;
+         s->parse_int = NULL;
+         s->parse_constant = NULL;
+@@ -1690,6 +1746,9 @@
+     s->object_hook = PyObject_GetAttrString(ctx, "object_hook");
+     if (s->object_hook == NULL)
+         goto bail;
++    s->pairs_hook = PyObject_GetAttrString(ctx, "object_pairs_hook");
++    if (s->pairs_hook == NULL)
++        goto bail;
+     s->parse_float = PyObject_GetAttrString(ctx, "parse_float");
+     if (s->parse_float == NULL)
+         goto bail;
+@@ -1706,6 +1765,7 @@
+     Py_CLEAR(s->encoding);
+     Py_CLEAR(s->strict);
+     Py_CLEAR(s->object_hook);
++    Py_CLEAR(s->pairs_hook);
+     Py_CLEAR(s->parse_float);
+     Py_CLEAR(s->parse_int);
+     Py_CLEAR(s->parse_constant);
+Index: decoder.py
+===================================================================
+--- decoder.py	(revision 177)
++++ decoder.py	(revision 178)
+@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@
+ WHITESPACE_STR = ' \t\n\r'
+ 
+ def JSONObject((s, end), encoding, strict, scan_once, object_hook,
+-        _w=WHITESPACE.match, _ws=WHITESPACE_STR):
+-    pairs = {}
++        object_pairs_hook, _w=WHITESPACE.match, _ws=WHITESPACE_STR):
++    pairs = []
+     # Use a slice to prevent IndexError from being raised, the following
+     # check will raise a more specific ValueError if the string is empty
+     nextchar = s[end:end + 1]
+@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
+             value, end = scan_once(s, end)
+         except StopIteration:
+             raise ValueError(errmsg("Expecting object", s, end))
+-        pairs[key] = value
++        pairs.append((key, value))
+ 
+         try:
+             nextchar = s[end]
+@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@
+         if nextchar != '"':
+             raise ValueError(errmsg("Expecting property name", s, end - 1))
+ 
++    if object_pairs_hook is not None:
++        result = object_pairs_hook(pairs)
++        return result, end
++    pairs = dict(pairs)
+     if object_hook is not None:
+         pairs = object_hook(pairs)
+     return pairs, end
+@@ -291,37 +295,54 @@
+     """
+ 
+     def __init__(self, encoding=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
+-            parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, strict=True):
+-        """``encoding`` determines the encoding used to interpret any ``str``
+-        objects decoded by this instance (utf-8 by default).  It has no
+-        effect when decoding ``unicode`` objects.
++            parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, strict=True,
++            object_pairs_hook=None):
++        """
++        *encoding* determines the encoding used to interpret any
++        :class:`str` objects decoded by this instance (``'utf-8'`` by
++        default).  It has no effect when decoding :class:`unicode` objects.
+ 
+         Note that currently only encodings that are a superset of ASCII work,
+-        strings of other encodings should be passed in as ``unicode``.
++        strings of other encodings should be passed in as :class:`unicode`.
+ 
+-        ``object_hook``, if specified, will be called with the result
+-        of every JSON object decoded and its return value will be used in
+-        place of the given ``dict``.  This can be used to provide custom
++        *object_hook*, if specified, will be called with the result of every
++        JSON object decoded and its return value will be used in place of the
++        given :class:`dict`.  This can be used to provide custom
+         deserializations (e.g. to support 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).
++        *object_pairs_hook* is an optional function that will be called with
++        the result of any object literal decode with an ordered list of pairs.
++        The return value of *object_pairs_hook* will be used instead of the
++        :class:`dict`.  This feature can be used to implement custom decoders
++        that rely on the order that the key and value pairs are decoded (for
++        example, :func:`collections.OrderedDict` will remember the order of
++        insertion). If *object_hook* is also defined, the *object_pairs_hook*
++        takes priority.
+ 
+-        ``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_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. :class:`decimal.Decimal`).
+ 
+-        ``parse_constant``, if specified, will be called with one of the
+-        following strings: -Infinity, Infinity, NaN.
+-        This can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers
+-        are encountered.
++        *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. :class:`float`).
+ 
++        *parse_constant*, if specified, will be called with one of the
++        following strings: ``'-Infinity'``, ``'Infinity'``, ``'NaN'``.  This
++        can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers are
++        encountered.
++
++        *strict* controls the parser's behavior when it encounters an
++        invalid control character in a string. The default setting of
++        ``True`` means that unescaped control characters are parse errors, if
++        ``False`` then control characters will be allowed in strings.
++
+         """
+         self.encoding = encoding
+         self.object_hook = object_hook
++        self.object_pairs_hook = object_pairs_hook
+         self.parse_float = parse_float or float
+         self.parse_int = parse_int or int
+         self.parse_constant = parse_constant or _CONSTANTS.__getitem__
+Index: ordered_dict.py
+===================================================================
+--- ordered_dict.py	(revision 0)
++++ ordered_dict.py	(revision 178)
+@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
++"""Drop-in replacement for collections.OrderedDict by Raymond Hettinger
++
++http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576693/
++
++"""
++from UserDict import DictMixin
++
++class OrderedDict(dict, DictMixin):
++
++    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
++        if len(args) > 1:
++            raise TypeError('expected at most 1 arguments, got %d' % len(args))
++        try:
++            self.__end
++        except AttributeError:
++            self.clear()
++        self.update(*args, **kwds)
++
++    def clear(self):
++        self.__end = end = []
++        end += [None, end, end]         # sentinel node for doubly linked list
++        self.__map = {}                 # key --> [key, prev, next]
++        dict.clear(self)
++
++    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
++        if key not in self:
++            end = self.__end
++            curr = end[1]
++            curr[2] = end[1] = self.__map[key] = [key, curr, end]
++        dict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
++
++    def __delitem__(self, key):
++        dict.__delitem__(self, key)
++        key, prev, next = self.__map.pop(key)
++        prev[2] = next
++        next[1] = prev
++
++    def __iter__(self):
++        end = self.__end
++        curr = end[2]
++        while curr is not end:
++            yield curr[0]
++            curr = curr[2]
++
++    def __reversed__(self):
++        end = self.__end
++        curr = end[1]
++        while curr is not end:
++            yield curr[0]
++            curr = curr[1]
++
++    def popitem(self, last=True):
++        if not self:
++            raise KeyError('dictionary is empty')
++        key = reversed(self).next() if last else iter(self).next()
++        value = self.pop(key)
++        return key, value
++
++    def __reduce__(self):
++        items = [[k, self[k]] for k in self]
++        tmp = self.__map, self.__end
++        del self.__map, self.__end
++        inst_dict = vars(self).copy()
++        self.__map, self.__end = tmp
++        if inst_dict:
++            return (self.__class__, (items,), inst_dict)
++        return self.__class__, (items,)
++
++    def keys(self):
++        return list(self)
++
++    setdefault = DictMixin.setdefault
++    update = DictMixin.update
++    pop = DictMixin.pop
++    values = DictMixin.values
++    items = DictMixin.items
++    iterkeys = DictMixin.iterkeys
++    itervalues = DictMixin.itervalues
++    iteritems = DictMixin.iteritems
++
++    def __repr__(self):
++        if not self:
++            return '%s()' % (self.__class__.__name__,)
++        return '%s(%r)' % (self.__class__.__name__, self.items())
++
++    def copy(self):
++        return self.__class__(self)
++
++    @classmethod
++    def fromkeys(cls, iterable, value=None):
++        d = cls()
++        for key in iterable:
++            d[key] = value
++        return d
++
++    def __eq__(self, other):
++        if isinstance(other, OrderedDict):
++            return len(self)==len(other) and \
++                   all(p==q for p, q in  zip(self.items(), other.items()))
++        return dict.__eq__(self, other)
++
++    def __ne__(self, other):
++        return not self == other
diff --git a/ordered_dict.py b/ordered_dict.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87ad888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ordered_dict.py
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+"""Drop-in replacement for collections.OrderedDict by Raymond Hettinger
+
+http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576693/
+
+"""
+from UserDict import DictMixin
+
+# Modified from original to support Python 2.4, see
+# http://code.google.com/p/simplejson/issues/detail?id=53
+try:
+    all
+except NameError:
+    def all(seq):
+        for elem in seq:
+            if not elem:
+                return False
+        return True
+
+class OrderedDict(dict, DictMixin):
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
+        if len(args) > 1:
+            raise TypeError('expected at most 1 arguments, got %d' % len(args))
+        try:
+            self.__end
+        except AttributeError:
+            self.clear()
+        self.update(*args, **kwds)
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self.__end = end = []
+        end += [None, end, end]         # sentinel node for doubly linked list
+        self.__map = {}                 # key --> [key, prev, next]
+        dict.clear(self)
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        if key not in self:
+            end = self.__end
+            curr = end[1]
+            curr[2] = end[1] = self.__map[key] = [key, curr, end]
+        dict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        dict.__delitem__(self, key)
+        key, prev, next = self.__map.pop(key)
+        prev[2] = next
+        next[1] = prev
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        end = self.__end
+        curr = end[2]
+        while curr is not end:
+            yield curr[0]
+            curr = curr[2]
+
+    def __reversed__(self):
+        end = self.__end
+        curr = end[1]
+        while curr is not end:
+            yield curr[0]
+            curr = curr[1]
+
+    def popitem(self, last=True):
+        if not self:
+            raise KeyError('dictionary is empty')
+        # Modified from original to support Python 2.4, see
+        # http://code.google.com/p/simplejson/issues/detail?id=53
+        if last:
+            key = reversed(self).next()
+        else:
+            key = iter(self).next()
+        value = self.pop(key)
+        return key, value
+
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        items = [[k, self[k]] for k in self]
+        tmp = self.__map, self.__end
+        del self.__map, self.__end
+        inst_dict = vars(self).copy()
+        self.__map, self.__end = tmp
+        if inst_dict:
+            return (self.__class__, (items,), inst_dict)
+        return self.__class__, (items,)
+
+    def keys(self):
+        return list(self)
+
+    setdefault = DictMixin.setdefault
+    update = DictMixin.update
+    pop = DictMixin.pop
+    values = DictMixin.values
+    items = DictMixin.items
+    iterkeys = DictMixin.iterkeys
+    itervalues = DictMixin.itervalues
+    iteritems = DictMixin.iteritems
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        if not self:
+            return '%s()' % (self.__class__.__name__,)
+        return '%s(%r)' % (self.__class__.__name__, self.items())
+
+    def copy(self):
+        return self.__class__(self)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def fromkeys(cls, iterable, value=None):
+        d = cls()
+        for key in iterable:
+            d[key] = value
+        return d
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, OrderedDict):
+            return len(self)==len(other) and \
+                   all(p==q for p, q in  zip(self.items(), other.items()))
+        return dict.__eq__(self, other)
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self == other
diff --git a/scanner.py b/scanner.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c462b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+"""JSON token scanner
+"""
+import re
+try:
+    from simplejson._speedups import make_scanner as c_make_scanner
+except ImportError:
+    c_make_scanner = None
+
+__all__ = ['make_scanner']
+
+NUMBER_RE = re.compile(
+    r'(-?(?:0|[1-9]\d*))(\.\d+)?([eE][-+]?\d+)?',
+    (re.VERBOSE | re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL))
+
+def py_make_scanner(context):
+    parse_object = context.parse_object
+    parse_array = context.parse_array
+    parse_string = context.parse_string
+    match_number = NUMBER_RE.match
+    encoding = context.encoding
+    strict = context.strict
+    parse_float = context.parse_float
+    parse_int = context.parse_int
+    parse_constant = context.parse_constant
+    object_hook = context.object_hook
+    object_pairs_hook = context.object_pairs_hook
+    memo = context.memo
+
+    def _scan_once(string, idx):
+        try:
+            nextchar = string[idx]
+        except IndexError:
+            raise StopIteration
+
+        if nextchar == '"':
+            return parse_string(string, idx + 1, encoding, strict)
+        elif nextchar == '{':
+            return parse_object((string, idx + 1), encoding, strict,
+                _scan_once, object_hook, object_pairs_hook, memo)
+        elif nextchar == '[':
+            return parse_array((string, idx + 1), _scan_once)
+        elif nextchar == 'n' and string[idx:idx + 4] == 'null':
+            return None, idx + 4
+        elif nextchar == 't' and string[idx:idx + 4] == 'true':
+            return True, idx + 4
+        elif nextchar == 'f' and string[idx:idx + 5] == 'false':
+            return False, idx + 5
+
+        m = match_number(string, idx)
+        if m is not None:
+            integer, frac, exp = m.groups()
+            if frac or exp:
+                res = parse_float(integer + (frac or '') + (exp or ''))
+            else:
+                res = parse_int(integer)
+            return res, m.end()
+        elif nextchar == 'N' and string[idx:idx + 3] == 'NaN':
+            return parse_constant('NaN'), idx + 3
+        elif nextchar == 'I' and string[idx:idx + 8] == 'Infinity':
+            return parse_constant('Infinity'), idx + 8
+        elif nextchar == '-' and string[idx:idx + 9] == '-Infinity':
+            return parse_constant('-Infinity'), idx + 9
+        else:
+            raise StopIteration
+
+    def scan_once(string, idx):
+        try:
+            return _scan_once(string, idx)
+        finally:
+            memo.clear()
+
+    return scan_once
+
+make_scanner = c_make_scanner or py_make_scanner
diff --git a/tool.py b/tool.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..629dca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+r"""Command-line tool to validate and pretty-print JSON
+
+Usage::
+
+    $ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -m simplejson.tool
+    {
+        "json": "obj"
+    }
+    $ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -m simplejson.tool
+    Expecting property name: line 1 column 2 (char 2)
+
+"""
+import sys
+import simplejson as json
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+        infile = sys.stdin
+        outfile = sys.stdout
+    elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
+        infile = open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')
+        outfile = sys.stdout
+    elif len(sys.argv) == 3:
+        infile = open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')
+        outfile = open(sys.argv[2], 'wb')
+    else:
+        raise SystemExit(sys.argv[0] + " [infile [outfile]]")
+    try:
+        obj = json.load(infile, object_pairs_hook=json.OrderedDict)
+    except ValueError, e:
+        raise SystemExit(e)
+    json.dump(obj, outfile, sort_keys=True, indent='    ')
+    outfile.write('\n')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()