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flask/_compat.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import sys
 
 PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
 
-PY3.6 = sys.version_info[0] == 3 and sys.version_info[1] == 6
+PY36 = sys.version_info[0] == 3 and sys.version_info[1] == 6
 
 _identity = lambda x: x
 

flask/json.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import io
 import uuid
 from datetime import date
 from .globals import current_app, request
-from ._compat import text_type, PY2, PY3.6
+from ._compat import text_type, PY2, PY36
 from .ctx import has_request_context
 
 from werkzeug.http import http_date
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def loads(s, **kwargs):
     application on the stack.
     """
     _load_arg_defaults(kwargs)
-    if not PY3.6:
+    if not PY36:
         if isinstance(s, bytes):
             s = s.decode(kwargs.pop('encoding', None) or 'utf-8')
     return _json.loads(s, **kwargs)