Python: parsing JSON-like Javascript data structures (w/ consecutive commas)

Question

I would like to parse JSON-like strings. Their lone difference with normal JSON is the presence of contiguous commas in arrays. When there are two such commas, it i

Answer 1

Small & simple workaround to try out:

1. Convert JSON-like data to strings.
2. Replace ",," with ",null,".
3. Convert it to whatever is your representation.

4. Let JSONDecoder(), do the heavy lifting.

   1. & 3. can be omitted if you already deal with strings.

(And if converting to string is impractical, update your question with this info!)