Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names within an object SHOULD be unique.

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 30 July 2013 21:10 UTC

Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:10:40 +0200
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Subject: Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names within an object SHOULD be unique.
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>> Has anyone any personal knowledge of an app whose correct function depends
>> on the use of duplicate keys?  -T
>
> On was linked earlier, one whose docs explicitly said "JSON supports
> this, so we use it".  I don't mind breaking them.  What I do mind is
> language that leaves streaming implementations in the cold.

Seems like we're talking past each other again.

We all agree that duplicate keys suck, but since they have been observed 
in the wild, we ask a parser to document what it does with them, from the 
list of options mentioned before.  I think that's both all we can ask, and 
it's plenty.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
"I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.

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