Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be unique.
Douglas Crockford <douglas@crockford.com> Wed, 05 June 2013 21:56 UTC
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Subject: Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be unique.
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On 6/5/2013 1:59 PM, Vinny A wrote: > > On Jun 5, 2013, at 2:30 PM, Stephan Beal <sgbeal@googlemail.com > <mailto:sgbeal@googlemail.com>> wrote: >> It gives implementations leeway on what is essentially a corner case >> (who actively generates non-unique keys?). Forcing a specific >> behaviour here could potentially leave a lot of current 100% >> JSON-compliant parsers suddenly non-compliant because of [what i >> perceive as] an unusual corner case. > > If parsers are accepting duplicate keys, they're already > non-compliant. RFC 4627 states that keys should be unique, and the > org.json reference parser throws an exception when it hits a duplicate > key (line 1186 in JSONObject). > > If any implementation is relying on using duplicate keys, they should > also understand that they are already violating best practice. There are people who interpreted the SHOULD as DON'T HAVE TO and intentionally duplicated the keys. My personal feeling is that we should change the SHOULD to MUST and let those applications break. But the consensus of ECMA TC39 is that the SHOULD must stand. So regrettably, that means we should be explicit about what happens when this particular bad practice is practiced.
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Eliot Lear
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tim Bray
- [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be uniqu… Douglas Crockford
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Douglas Crockford
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Markus Lanthaler
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephan Beal
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Markus Lanthaler
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephan Beal
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Douglas Crockford
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Douglas Crockford
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tim Bray
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Matthew Morley
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tatu Saloranta
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Bjoern Hoehrmann
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Douglas Crockford
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tony Hansen
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephan Beal
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Paul Hoffman
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephan Beal
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Matthew Morley
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Markus Lanthaler
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Paul Hoffman
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tatu Saloranta
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tatu Saloranta
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Pete Cordell
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Matt Miller (mamille2)
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Paul Hoffman
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Markus Lanthaler
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tatu Saloranta
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tatu Saloranta
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… R S
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tim Bray
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Markus Lanthaler
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephen Dolan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Paul Hoffman
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Matt Miller (mamille2)
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Allen Wirfs-Brock
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Allen Wirfs-Brock
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Douglas Crockford
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Allen Wirfs-Brock
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Douglas Crockford
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Jacob Davies
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tim Bray
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Allen Wirfs-Brock
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… R S
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephen Dolan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Dean Landolt
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Marcos Caceres
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephen Dolan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Paul Hoffman
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephen Dolan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephan Beal
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Levine
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephen Dolan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Jorge Chamorro
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Jorge Chamorro
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Jorge Chamorro
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
- Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… John Levine
- Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Tim Bray
- Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Nico Williams
- Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Stephan Beal
- Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Tatu Saloranta
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Jorge Chamorro
- Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tatu Saloranta
- Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Jorge Chamorro
- Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… John R Levine
- Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Vinny A
- Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)
- Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Tatu Saloranta