Index: ansible-1.8.2/lib/ansible/runner/filter_plugins/core.py
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--- ansible-1.8.2.orig/lib/ansible/runner/filter_plugins/core.py
+++ ansible-1.8.2/lib/ansible/runner/filter_plugins/core.py
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@
# along with Ansible. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
import base64
-import json
+try:
+ # simplejson is faster and can be more up-to-date (more bugfixes) than the
+ # stdlib json. In py2.7 stdlib json is based on simplejson 2.0.9
+ import simplejson as json
+except ImportError:
+ import json
import os.path
import yaml
import types