Re: [apps-discuss] And another question

Francis Galiegue <fgaliegue@gmail.com> Fri, 24 May 2013 04:33 UTC

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From: Francis Galiegue <fgaliegue@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] And another question
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On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Tony Hansen <tony@att.com> wrote:
> On 5/23/2013 12:59 PM, Francis Galiegue wrote:
>> Another question is about handling empty _keys_ in an associative
>> array. Is this legal at all? Empty values are allowed, they obviously
>> have a use (a query parameter can be empty for instance), but what
>> about (written as a JSON Object):
>>
>> {
>>     "foo": "",
>>     "": "bar"
>> }
>>
>> ?
>
> This looks perfectly legal to me.
>

Yes, it is legal JSON. However, it is hardly of any use in a URI
template at all. Query parameter names cannot be empty, domain name
components ditto, others. Bah.

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Francis Galiegue, fgaliegue@gmail.com
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