Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be unique.

["Pete Cordell" <[e-mail]>]

Original Message From: "Tatu Saloranta" .


> For these reasons, I would prefer simple discouraging use of duplicate
> names, without trying to specify "but if you must, then use X" processing.


+1.

(editing text suggested elsewhere) Can you scare the heck out of 
implementers by saying something like:

In Section 4 (Parsers) add a new paragraph:
   If a parser encounters an object with duplicate names, the behavior is 
undefined.  The parser MAY fail to parse the JSON text, it MAY only accept 
the first name/value pair that has the duplicate name, it MAY only accept 
the last name/value pair that has the duplicate name, it MAY ignore all 
name/value pair that have the duplicate name, or it MAY perform some other 
action.

In Section 5 (Generators) add a new paragraph:
    A JSON generator SHOULD not duplicate names.

Pete Cordell
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