Revert 124660 - Allow comments in extension config files.

chrome/common/extensions/docs/build/directory.py

 #!/usr/bin/python
 # Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 """Class for parsing metadata about extension samples."""
 
 import locale
 import os
 import os.path
 import re
 import hashlib
 import zipfile
 import simplejson as json
-import json_minify as minify
 
 # Make sure we get consistent string sorting behavior by explicitly using the
 # default C locale.
 locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'C')
 
 def sorted_walk(path):
   """ A version of os.walk that yields results in order sorted by name.
 
   This is to prevent spurious docs changes due to os.walk returning items in a
   filesystem dependent order (by inode creation time, etc).
@@ skipping 16 matching lines @@
   Raises:
     Exception: If the file could not be read or its contents could not be
         parsed as JSON data.
   """
   try:
     json_file = open(path, 'r')
   except IOError, msg:
     raise Exception("Failed to read the file at %s: %s" % (path, msg))
 
   try:
-    json_str = json_file.read()
-    json_obj = json.loads(minify.json_minify(json_str), encoding)
+    json_obj = json.load(json_file, encoding)
   except ValueError, msg:
     raise Exception("Failed to parse JSON out of file %s: %s" % (path, msg))
   finally:
     json_file.close()
 
   return json_obj
 
 class ApiManifest(object):
   """ Represents the list of API methods contained in the extension API JSON """
 
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           zip_file.write(abspath, relpath)
           if file == 'manifest.json':
             info = zip_file.getinfo(zip_manifest_path)
             info.comment = self['source_hash']
     except RuntimeError, msg:
       raise Exception("Could not write zip at %s: %s" % (zip_path, msg))
     finally:
       zip_file.close()
 
     return self._get_relative_zip_path()