RF: Accept non-printable characters in JSON

fsl/data/image.py

@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ def loadMetadata(image):
     jsonfile = op.join(dirname, '{}.json'.format(basename))
     if op.exists(jsonfile):
         with open(jsonfile, 'rt') as f:
-            return json.load(f)
+            return json.load(f, strict=False)
 
     return {}
 

fsl/utils/bids.py

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def isBIDSFile(filename, strict=True):
 def loadMetadataFile(filename):
     """Load ``filename`` (assumed to be JSON), returning its contents. """
     with open(filename, 'rt') as f:
-        return json.load(f)
+        return json.load(f, strict=False)
 
 
 def loadMetadata(filename):