gistfile1.py

>>> import json
>>> json.dumps({1: b'\xd1\x88\xd1\x82'})
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/json/__init__.py", line 226, in dumps
    return _default_encoder.encode(obj)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/json/encoder.py", line 188, in encode
    chunks = self.iterencode(o, _one_shot=True)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/json/encoder.py", line 246, in iterencode
    return _iterencode(o, 0)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/json/encoder.py", line 170, in default
    raise TypeError(repr(o) + " is not JSON serializable")
TypeError: b'\xd1\x88\xd1\x82' is not JSON serializable
>>> json.dumps({1: "шт".encode('utf8')})
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/json/__init__.py", line 226, in dumps
    return _default_encoder.encode(obj)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/json/encoder.py", line 188, in encode
    chunks = self.iterencode(o, _one_shot=True)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/json/encoder.py", line 246, in iterencode
    return _iterencode(o, 0)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/json/encoder.py", line 170, in default
    raise TypeError(repr(o) + " is not JSON serializable")
TypeError: b'\xd1\x88\xd1\x82' is not JSON serializable
>>> json.dumps({1: "шт"})
'{"1": "\\u0448\\u0442"}'
>>> len("\\u0448\\u0442")
12
>>> ^D