How to parse json file with c-style comments?

Question

I have a json file, such as the following:

    { 
       \"author\":\"John\",
       \"desc\": \"If it is important to decode all valid JSON correctly \\ 
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Answer 1

I have not personally used it, but the jsoncomment python package supports parsing a JSON file with comments.

You use it in place of the JSON parser as follows:

parser = JsonComment(json)
parsed_object = parser.loads(jsonString)