#16057: Clarify why the base method default is called in custom encoders.

Original patch by Kushal Das.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst
index 7b69c24186..58eee18575 100644
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Extending :class:`JSONEncoder`::
     ...     def default(self, obj):
     ...         if isinstance(obj, complex):
     ...             return [obj.real, obj.imag]
+    ...         # Let the base class default method raise the TypeError
     ...         return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)
     ...
     >>> json.dumps(2 + 1j, cls=ComplexEncoder)
@@ -431,6 +432,7 @@ Encoders and Decoders
                 pass
             else:
                 return list(iterable)
+            # Let the base class default method raise the TypeError
             return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, o)
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/json/encoder.py b/Lib/json/encoder.py
index e1ed21f6e7..1d8b20c095 100644
--- a/Lib/json/encoder.py
+++ b/Lib/json/encoder.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ class JSONEncoder(object):
                     pass
                 else:
                     return list(iterable)
+                # Let the base class default method raise the TypeError
                 return JSONEncoder.default(self, o)
 
         """