Revert "GH-96145: Add AttrDict to JSON module for use with object_hook (#96146)" (#105948)

This reverts commit 1f0eafa.

Author: ambv

Doc/library/json.rst

@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@
 
 **Source code:** :source:`Lib/json/__init__.py`
 
-.. testsetup:: *
-
-   import json
-   from json import AttrDict
-
 --------------
 
 `JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) <https://json.org>`_, specified by
@@ -548,44 +543,6 @@ Exceptions
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.5
 
-.. class:: AttrDict(**kwargs)
-           AttrDict(mapping, **kwargs)
-           AttrDict(iterable, **kwargs)
-
-   Subclass of :class:`dict` that also supports attribute style dotted access.
-
-   This class is intended for use with the :attr:`object_hook` in
-   :func:`json.load` and :func:`json.loads`:
-
-   .. doctest::
-
-       >>> json_string = '{"mercury": 88, "venus": 225, "earth": 365, "mars": 687}'
-       >>> orbital_period = json.loads(json_string, object_hook=AttrDict)
-       >>> orbital_period['earth']     # Dict style lookup
-       365
-       >>> orbital_period.earth        # Attribute style lookup
-       365
-       >>> orbital_period.keys()       # All dict methods are present
-       dict_keys(['mercury', 'venus', 'earth', 'mars'])
-
-   Attribute style access only works for keys that are valid attribute
-   names.  In contrast, dictionary style access works for all keys.  For
-   example, ``d.two words`` contains a space and is not syntactically
-   valid Python, so ``d["two words"]`` should be used instead.
-
-   If a key has the same name as a dictionary method, then a dictionary
-   lookup finds the key and an attribute lookup finds the method:
-
-   .. doctest::
-
-        >>> d = AttrDict(items=50)
-        >>> d['items']                  # Lookup the key
-        50
-        >>> d.items()                   # Call the method
-        dict_items([('items', 50)])
-
-   .. versionadded:: 3.12
-
 
 Standard Compliance and Interoperability
 ----------------------------------------

Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst

@@ -593,14 +593,6 @@ itertools
   tuples where the last batch may be shorter than the rest.
   (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`98363`.)
 
-json
-----
-
-* Added :class:`json.AttrDict` for use with ``object_hook`` in :func:`json.load`
-  or :func:`json.loads`.  This is a subclass of :class:`dict` that also supports
-  attribute style dotted access.
-  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`96145`.)
-
 math
 ----
 

Lib/json/__init__.py

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 """
 __version__ = '2.0.9'
 __all__ = [
-    'dump', 'dumps', 'load', 'loads', 'AttrDict',
+    'dump', 'dumps', 'load', 'loads',
     'JSONDecoder', 'JSONDecodeError', 'JSONEncoder',
 ]
 
@@ -357,53 +357,3 @@ def loads(s, *, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
     if parse_constant is not None:
         kw['parse_constant'] = parse_constant
     return cls(**kw).decode(s)
-
-class AttrDict(dict):
-    """Dict like object that supports attribute style dotted access.
-
-    This class is intended for use with the *object_hook* in json.loads():
-
-        >>> from json import loads, AttrDict
-        >>> json_string = '{"mercury": 88, "venus": 225, "earth": 365, "mars": 687}'
-        >>> orbital_period = loads(json_string, object_hook=AttrDict)
-        >>> orbital_period['earth']     # Dict style lookup
-        365
-        >>> orbital_period.earth        # Attribute style lookup
-        365
-        >>> orbital_period.keys()       # All dict methods are present
-        dict_keys(['mercury', 'venus', 'earth', 'mars'])
-
-    Attribute style access only works for keys that are valid attribute names.
-    In contrast, dictionary style access works for all keys.
-    For example, ``d.two words`` contains a space and is not syntactically
-    valid Python, so ``d["two words"]`` should be used instead.
-
-    If a key has the same name as dictionary method, then a dictionary
-    lookup finds the key and an attribute lookup finds the method:
-
-        >>> d = AttrDict(items=50)
-        >>> d['items']                  # Lookup the key
-        50
-        >>> d.items()                   # Call the method
-        dict_items([('items', 50)])
-
-    """
-    __slots__ = ()
-
-    def __getattr__(self, attr):
-        try:
-            return self[attr]
-        except KeyError:
-            raise AttributeError(attr) from None
-
-    def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
-        self[attr] = value
-
-    def __delattr__(self, attr):
-        try:
-            del self[attr]
-        except KeyError:
-            raise AttributeError(attr) from None
-
-    def __dir__(self):
-        return list(self) + dir(type(self))

Lib/test/test_json/__init__.py

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class PyTest(unittest.TestCase):
     json = pyjson
     loads = staticmethod(pyjson.loads)
     dumps = staticmethod(pyjson.dumps)
-    AttrDict = pyjson.AttrDict
     JSONDecodeError = staticmethod(pyjson.JSONDecodeError)
 
 @unittest.skipUnless(cjson, 'requires _json')

Lib/test/test_json/test_attrdict.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Reverted addition of ``json.AttrDict``.