Re: [Json] The parts of JSON (a possible aid to discussion)

[John Cowan <[e-mail]>]

"Martin J. Dürst" scripsit:

> You don't need to use an Unicode encoding for concrete
> representation. You may not need an Unicode encoding for byte
> serialization. But you need a concrete representation, and a byte
> encoding, than will handle all strings of Unicode code points and no
> other strings.

Not really.  The whole point of the escapes is so that you can encode
JSON in pure ASCII or any other encoding.  As long as the letters a,
b, c, d, e, f, l, n, r, s, t, and u, the digits 0-9, and the symbols
and punctuation marks left and right square bracket, left and right
brace, comma, period, minus sign, colon, double quote, and backslash
are representable, JSON is representable.  (You could design a 5-bit
encoding to do so.)

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