r"""Deserialize ``s`` (a ``str`` or ``unicode`` instance containing a DSON
    document) to a Python object.

    If ``s`` is a ``str`` instance and is encoded with an ASCII based encoding
    other than utf-8 (e.g. latin-1) then an appropriate ``encoding`` name
    must be specified. Encodings that are not ASCII based (such as UCS-2)
    are not allowed and should be decoded to ``unicode`` first.

    ``object_hook`` is an optional function that will be called with the
    result of any object literal decode (a ``dict``). The return value of
    ``object_hook`` will be used instead of the ``dict``. This feature
    can be used to implement custom decoders (e.g. DSON-RPC class hinting).

    ``object_pairs_hook`` is an optional function that will be called with the
    result of any object literal decoded with an ordered list of pairs.  The
    return value of ``object_pairs_hook`` will be used instead of the ``dict``.
    This feature can be used to implement custom decoders that rely on the
    order that the key and value pairs are decoded (for example,
    collections.OrderedDict will remember the order of insertion). If
    ``object_hook`` is also defined, the ``object_pairs_hook`` takes priority.

    ``parse_float``, if specified, will be called with the string
    of every DSON float to be decoded. By default this is equivalent to
    float(num_str). This can be used to use another datatype or parser
    for DSON floats (e.g. decimal.Decimal).

    ``parse_int``, if specified, will be called with the string
    of every DSON int to be decoded. By default this is equivalent to
    int(num_str). This can be used to use another datatype or parser
    for DSON integers (e.g. float).

    ``parse_constant``, if specified, will be called with one of the
    following strings: -Infinity, Infinity, NaN, null, true, false.
    This can be used to raise an exception if invalid DSON numbers
    are encountered.

    To use a custom ``DSONDecoder`` subclass, specify it with the ``cls``
    kwarg; otherwise ``DSONDecoder`` is used.

def loads(s, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
        parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=None, **kw):
    r"""Deserialize ``s`` (a ``str`` or ``unicode`` instance containing a DSON
    document) to a Python object.

    If ``s`` is a ``str`` instance and is encoded with an ASCII based encoding
    other than utf-8 (e.g. latin-1) then an appropriate ``encoding`` name
    must be specified. Encodings that are not ASCII based (such as UCS-2)
    are not allowed and should be decoded to ``unicode`` first.

    ``object_hook`` is an optional function that will be called with the
    result of any object literal decode (a ``dict``). The return value of
    ``object_hook`` will be used instead of the ``dict``. This feature
    can be used to implement custom decoders (e.g. DSON-RPC class hinting).

    ``object_pairs_hook`` is an optional function that will be called with the
    result of any object literal decoded with an ordered list of pairs.  The
    return value of ``object_pairs_hook`` will be used instead of the ``dict``.
    This feature can be used to implement custom decoders that rely on the
    order that the key and value pairs are decoded (for example,
    collections.OrderedDict will remember the order of insertion). If
    ``object_hook`` is also defined, the ``object_pairs_hook`` takes priority.

    ``parse_float``, if specified, will be called with the string
    of every DSON float to be decoded. By default this is equivalent to
    float(num_str). This can be used to use another datatype or parser
    for DSON floats (e.g. decimal.Decimal).

    ``parse_int``, if specified, will be called with the string
    of every DSON int to be decoded. By default this is equivalent to
    int(num_str). This can be used to use another datatype or parser
    for DSON integers (e.g. float).

    ``parse_constant``, if specified, will be called with one of the
    following strings: -Infinity, Infinity, NaN, null, true, false.
    This can be used to raise an exception if invalid DSON numbers
    are encountered.

    To use a custom ``DSONDecoder`` subclass, specify it with the ``cls``
    kwarg; otherwise ``DSONDecoder`` is used.

    """
    if (cls is None and encoding is None and object_hook is None and
            parse_int is None and parse_float is None and
            parse_constant is None and object_pairs_hook is None and not kw):
        return _default_decoder.decode(s)
    if cls is None:
        cls = DSONDecoder
    if object_hook is not None:
        kw['object_hook'] = object_hook
    if object_pairs_hook is not None:
        kw['object_pairs_hook'] = object_pairs_hook
    if parse_float is not None:
        kw['parse_float'] = parse_float
    if parse_int is not None:
        kw['parse_int'] = parse_int
    if parse_constant is not None:
        kw['parse_constant'] = parse_constant
    return cls(encoding=encoding, **kw).decode(s)