Tyler Gregg

Hi @edoakes, my first reaction is that supporting pickle 5 sounds like a good idea. I have very little existing knowledge about pickle, and I think the other maintainers of...

It's implemented in pure python today, although we are aware that we are going to need to use a native code extension to achieve performance on par with other common...

When this is resolved, change https://github.com/amazon-ion/ion-test-driver/blob/master/requirements.txt#L4 to `amazon.ion>=0.8.0`.

@chenliu0831 There is one main reason for the difference in performance between python's built-in JSON parser (simplejson) and ion-python's simpleion module: simplejson binds to a C extension, while simpleion is...

I've pushed a branch that contains my in-progress work on a C extension here: https://github.com/amzn/ion-python/tree/c-extensions-experimental-debug This code is all very rough since I was just trying to get something to...

There is an effort underway to back load(s)/dump(s) with a C extension (like the built-in JSON module), which will help close the performance gap. https://github.com/amzn/ion-python/pull/149

What makes you say amazonion is too long? I'll also throw pyon in there. Since it seems fashionable to put 'py' in the name of your python stuff.

Other options include [Codacy](https://www.codacy.com/) and [Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/). See: #59 .

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Note to anyone considering implementing this feature: the JSON down-conversion rules that should be followed are listed in the cookbook: http://amzn.github.io/ion-docs/guides/cookbook.html#down-converting-to-json