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

Douglas Crockford <douglas@crockford.com> Wed, 05 June 2013 18:34 UTC

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Subject: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be unique.
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This was the biggest blunder in the RFC. SHOULD should have been MUST.

It is, sadly, too late to repair this. Instead, we must specify what 
happens when you do the thing you SHOULD NOT do. We need to provide 
implementations some slack here because some implementations do the 
right thing and reject. Some implementations do the lazy thing and take 
that last use of the name.

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