JSON output contains html-escaped characters (intentional?)

[jgsogo]

Hi! We've just found in our CI that the JSON output has changed in v2.3.0, it is escaping some characters.

Is it intentional, or should it be reverted to previous behavior?

Thanks!

Steps to reproduce

Run pylint on any file with an unused variable

Current behavior

[
    {
        "type": "warning",
        "module": "conanfile",
        "obj": "TestConan.build",
        "line": 9,
        "column": 15,
        "path": "conanfile.py",
        "symbol": "unused-variable",
        "message": "Unused variable 'v'",
        "message-id": "W0612"
    }
]

Expected behavior

[
    {
        "type": "warning",
        "module": "conanfile",
        "obj": "TestConan.build",
        "line": 9,
        "column": 15,
        "path": "conanfile.py",
        "symbol": "unused-variable",
        "message": "Unused variable 'v'",
        "message-id": "W0612"
    }
]

pylint --version output

pylint 2.3.0
astroid 2.2.0
Python 3.7.2 (default, Feb 12 2019, 08:16:38)

[PCManticore]

It's probably not intentional, thanks for reporting the issue.

[PCManticore]

Hey @jgsogo This is fixed, will be part of pylint 2.3.1 soon. I'm doing a pass through the regressions and will release a new bug fix release after that.

[jgsogo]

Wow! Thanks for the quick response. 💯