[Bug 1812061] [NEW] Unicode prefixes break tests in python-json-schema-validator with python-simplejson 3.16.0

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The json-schema-validator tests break under Python 2, when used with
simplejson 3.16.0. They will also break if/when attempted under Python
3.

The underlying simplejson library subtly changes behaviour from 3.15.0
to 3.16.0. Under Python 2, with simplejson 3.15.0, passing a byte-string
to simplejson.loads containing a blank JSON-encoded string, e.g.
simplejson.loads('""') returns a unicode string (u''). However, under
3.16.0 this changes to return a byte-string (''). Passing a unicode-
string to simplejson.loads containing a blank JSON-encoded string, e.g.
simplejson.loads(u'""') return a unicode string under both versions.

Patched version at: https://launchpad.net/~waveform/+archive/ubuntu/pkg
- 2.3.1-3ubuntu2

** Affects: json-schema-validator (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Unicode prefixes break tests in python-json-schema-validator with python-simplejson 3.16.0
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1812061
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