def deserialize(data):
    """Deserialize a JSON formatted string into a dict.

        Args:
            data (str): JSON formatted string.

        Returns:
            dict: dict resulting from the serialization of a JSON formatted
            string.
    """
    return rapidjson.loads(data)
Deserialize a JSON formatted string into a dict.

Args:
data (str): JSON formatted string.

Returns:
dict: dict resulting from the serialization of a JSON formatted
string.
bigchaindb/common/utils.py