v7.0.0

[TkTech]

• Drop python 3.8, pypy builds, add python 3.13 (Support Python 3.13 (by re-Cythonizing) #117, Python 3.13 Binaries #123)
• Add proper .load/.loads type signatures (Add load and loads to type stubs #116)
• Updating and modernize github actions, simplify packaging and CI.
• Bring in string performance improvements from v7.0.0 #110
• Update upstream simdjson to 3.12.2.
• Add alias to json.JSONEncoder to drop-in API. (Add alias to json.JSONEncoder to drop-in API. #118)

[TkTech]

pypa/setuptools#4810 makes it impossible to specify a define:

[tool.setuptools]
ext-modules = [
    { name = "csimdjson", sources = ["simdjson/simdjson.cpp", "simdjson/util.cpp", "simdjson/csimdjson.pyx"], py-limited-api = true, define-macros = [["SIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION_FALLBACK", "1"]] },
]

TOML has no concept of a tuple, and an overly zealous type check in distutils requires define-macros to be a list of tuples.

[TkTech]

Before:

--------------------------------------------------------------- benchmark 'Complete load of data/canada.json': 7 tests ---------------------------------------------------------------
Name (time in ms)         Min                Max               Mean            StdDev             Median                IQR            Outliers      OPS            Rounds  Iterations
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orjson                 5.6570 (1.0)      16.1976 (1.0)      10.6838 (1.0)      4.0984 (1.34)     13.3461 (1.03)      8.2708 (1.39)         62;0  93.5993 (1.0)         128           1
msgspec                6.1988 (1.10)     16.4822 (1.02)     11.1220 (1.04)     3.7485 (1.23)     13.0013 (1.0)       7.4626 (1.25)         22;0  89.9120 (0.96)         47           1
simdjson               6.5313 (1.15)     19.1239 (1.18)     12.6379 (1.18)     4.9501 (1.62)     15.8949 (1.22)     10.0100 (1.68)         20;0  79.1270 (0.85)         44           1
yyjson                 6.6903 (1.18)     22.6296 (1.40)     13.9934 (1.31)     5.8496 (1.91)     17.8452 (1.37)     11.7931 (1.98)         46;0  71.4621 (0.76)         97           1
ujson                 10.5326 (1.86)     22.2260 (1.37)     16.8325 (1.58)     5.2697 (1.72)     20.3775 (1.57)     10.6207 (1.78)         19;0  59.4090 (0.63)         40           1
json                  23.1832 (4.10)     32.1774 (1.99)     27.3141 (2.56)     3.0582 (1.0)      28.7539 (2.21)      5.9684 (1.0)          12;0  36.6112 (0.39)         30           1
rapidjson             24.0801 (4.26)     36.0040 (2.22)     30.2639 (2.83)     4.8474 (1.59)     33.4395 (2.57)      9.8161 (1.64)         17;0  33.0427 (0.35)         38           1
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----------------------------------------------------------- benchmark 'Complete load of data/citm_catalog.json': 7 tests ----------------------------------------------------------
Name (time in ms)        Min                Max              Mean            StdDev            Median               IQR            Outliers       OPS            Rounds  Iterations
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orjson                2.3506 (1.0)      15.0233 (1.19)     4.3201 (1.0)      3.4020 (1.67)     2.5434 (1.0)      0.2170 (1.0)         65;65  231.4753 (1.0)         289           1
msgspec               2.9541 (1.26)     14.3030 (1.13)     4.6709 (1.08)     2.8855 (1.42)     3.1477 (1.24)     0.2920 (1.35)        73;74  214.0894 (0.92)        321           1
yyjson                2.9801 (1.27)     15.2074 (1.20)     5.5178 (1.28)     4.6234 (2.27)     3.1542 (1.24)     0.2648 (1.22)        13;13  181.2301 (0.78)         61           1
simdjson              3.1813 (1.35)     14.8978 (1.18)     5.6361 (1.30)     4.1586 (2.04)     3.4300 (1.35)     0.3272 (1.51)        39;39  177.4263 (0.77)        172           1
ujson                 4.8298 (2.05)     18.6481 (1.48)     7.8788 (1.82)     4.6779 (2.30)     5.3995 (2.12)     0.7307 (3.37)        40;41  126.9225 (0.55)        178           1
rapidjson             5.0617 (2.15)     14.7168 (1.16)     7.1031 (1.64)     3.5690 (1.75)     5.2205 (2.05)     0.2695 (1.24)        15;15  140.7843 (0.61)         66           1
json                  6.1527 (2.62)     12.6425 (1.0)      7.4784 (1.73)     2.0373 (1.0)      6.4093 (2.52)     0.2777 (1.28)        36;36  133.7191 (0.58)        157           1
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----------------------------------------------------------------------- benchmark 'Complete load of data/twitter.json': 7 tests ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name (time in us)            Min                    Max                  Mean                StdDev                Median                IQR            Outliers       OPS            Rounds  Iterations
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orjson                  836.8610 (1.0)      10,329.4210 (1.10)     1,049.1258 (1.0)      1,139.4469 (1.36)       866.8420 (1.0)      35.2050 (1.17)        15;80  953.1746 (1.0)         687           1
yyjson                1,011.1430 (1.21)     13,724.8670 (1.46)     1,298.2750 (1.24)     1,638.2353 (1.96)     1,047.1840 (1.21)     39.9810 (1.33)        13;56  770.2528 (0.81)        610           1
msgspec               1,077.3750 (1.29)     10,071.5970 (1.07)     1,284.9237 (1.22)     1,096.0884 (1.31)     1,109.6350 (1.28)     30.0410 (1.0)         18;95  778.2563 (0.82)        805           1
simdjson              1,421.6790 (1.70)     13,269.0910 (1.41)     1,719.4686 (1.64)     1,539.5134 (1.84)     1,470.2000 (1.70)     56.9100 (1.89)        12;32  581.5750 (0.61)        510           1
rapidjson             2,114.6990 (2.53)     11,652.8590 (1.24)     2,372.3937 (2.26)     1,264.2486 (1.51)     2,171.6145 (2.51)     49.1255 (1.64)         8;20  421.5152 (0.44)        380           1
ujson                 2,215.4900 (2.65)     14,347.0150 (1.52)     2,542.0073 (2.42)     1,685.3860 (2.01)     2,277.9720 (2.63)     57.4060 (1.91)         9;28  393.3899 (0.41)        415           1
json                  2,607.9660 (3.12)      9,422.4880 (1.0)      2,846.9605 (2.71)       836.7199 (1.0)      2,701.6265 (3.12)     61.5915 (2.05)         8;24  351.2518 (0.37)        356           1
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--------------------------------------------------------------------- benchmark 'Complete load of data/verysmall.json': 7 tests ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Name (time in ns)          Min                    Max                Mean              StdDev              Median                IQR             Outliers  OPS (Mops/s)            Rounds  Iterations
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msgspec                98.7001 (1.0)       2,105.2299 (5.32)     104.6280 (1.0)        8.3296 (1.75)     104.0997 (1.0)       0.9101 (1.0)      1319;3002        9.5577 (1.0)       96526         100
orjson                109.3099 (1.11)        395.5103 (1.0)      115.4680 (1.10)       4.7556 (1.0)      114.8999 (1.10)      1.3001 (1.43)     1542;4401        8.6604 (0.91)      83265         100
yyjson                225.0003 (2.28)      1,332.5494 (3.37)     233.1583 (2.23)      15.8932 (3.34)     231.9997 (2.23)      2.4986 (2.75)     1334;7944        4.2889 (0.45)     195313          20
ujson                 258.9460 (2.62)      8,495.8952 (21.48)    274.3283 (2.62)      32.6612 (6.87)     272.1055 (2.61)      7.3679 (8.10)     3028;3090        3.6453 (0.38)     190476          19
rapidjson             289.9991 (2.94)      1,950.0576 (4.93)     305.4173 (2.92)      29.1320 (6.13)     301.7656 (2.90)      5.2353 (5.75)     3001;3901        3.2742 (0.34)     193050          17
simdjson              410.5503 (4.16)      5,258.1003 (13.29)    434.4098 (4.15)      83.5433 (17.57)    428.0009 (4.11)      6.9995 (7.69)     2207;3136        2.3020 (0.24)     108814          20
json                  830.0121 (8.41)     15,410.0126 (38.96)    937.3787 (8.96)     169.8230 (35.71)    920.0012 (8.84)     39.9887 (43.94)    2488;4301        1.0668 (0.11)     181818           1
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- benchmark 'Merge Patch': 2 tests ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name (time in ns)          Min                    Max                Mean              StdDev              Median                IQR             Outliers  OPS (Mops/s)            Rounds  Iterations
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yyjson                381.5003 (1.0)       2,371.0498 (1.0)      403.1958 (1.0)       42.7448 (1.0)      398.9990 (1.0)       7.9992 (1.0)      2649;2705        2.4802 (1.0)      109398          20
json_merge_patch      500.0038 (1.31)     62,561.0119 (26.39)    595.0156 (1.48)     241.6010 (5.65)     580.0102 (1.45)     30.0060 (3.75)     3592;6235        1.6806 (0.68)     181819           1
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