def raw_decode(self, s, idx=0):
        """Decode a JSON document from ``s`` (a ``str`` or ``unicode`` beginning
        with a JSON document) and return a 2-tuple of the Python
        representation and the index in ``s`` where the document ended.

        This can be used to decode a JSON document from a string that may
        have extraneous data at the end.

        """
        try:
            obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)
        except StopIteration:
            raise ValueError("No JSON object could be decoded")
        return obj, end
Decode a JSON document from ``s`` (a ``str`` or ``unicode`` beginning
        with a JSON document) and return a 2-tuple of the Python
        representation and the index in ``s`` where the document ended.

        This can be used to decode a JSON document from a string that may
        have extraneous data at the end.

        
mapreduce/lib/simplejson/decoder.py