Move json from _cpcompat to its own module.

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diff --git a/cherrypy/_json.py b/cherrypy/_json.py
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+"""
+JSON support.
+
+Expose preferred json module as json and provide encode/decode
+convenience functions.
+"""
+
+try:
+    # Prefer simplejson
+    import simplejson as json
+except ImportError:
+    import json
+
+
+__all__ = ['json', 'encode', 'decode']
+
+
+decode = json.JSONDecoder().decode
+_encode = json.JSONEncoder().iterencode
+
+
+def encode(value):
+    """Encode to bytes."""
+    for chunk in _encode(value):
+        yield chunk.encode('utf-8')