Re: [Json] JSON and int64s - any change in current best practice since I-JSON

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Fri, 26 January 2024 23:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Json] JSON and int64s - any change in current best practice since I-JSON
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On Jan 23, 2024, at 00:54, Joe Hildebrand <hildjj@cursive.net> wrote:
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> I put together a quick requirements doc: https://github.com/hildjj/draft-hildebrand-eson-requirements

Did anyone ever mention leaving out the outer braces for a top-level map?

This breaks the self-delimiting property even more, but it is so common practice in informal use…

Grüße, Carsten