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[Json] JSON Sequence support for log files

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Wed, 07 May 2014 21:42 UTC

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Subject: [Json] JSON Sequence support for log files
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Appending to logfiles creates the need to recover from interrupted
writes (i.e., corrupted entries).  Therefore I propose the following
minor change to the JSON Sequence I-D:

a) add ASCII RS to the whitespace rule
b) RECOMMEND that logfile writers write either RS <entry> RS NL or
<entry-without-internal-newlines> NL

(producing entries with no internal newlines is trivial, as discussed
in other posts)

c) describe how to resynchronize by seeking to the next RS or NL when
a JSON text fails to parse, until a text that parses is found.

Nico
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