from unittest import TestCase import simplejson as json # from http://json.org/JSON_checker/test/pass2.json JSON = r''' [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[["Not too deep"]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] ''' class TestPass2(TestCase): def test_parse(self): # test in/out equivalence and parsing res = json.loads(JSON) out = json.dumps(res) self.assertEquals(res, json.loads(out))