Re: [Json] section 1 paragraph 2 on what JSON can represent

[Tony Hansen <[e-mail]>]

The text in section 1 paragraph 2 on what JSON can represent is not
really accurate. I know that this text was in the original 4627 and is
unchanged from there. However, this is really one of the areas where
4627-JSON and ECMA-JSON differ, and is incorrect for 4627-JSON. This
text currently reads:

   JSON can represent four primitive types (strings, numbers, booleans,
   and null) and two structured types (objects and arrays).

In 4627-JSON, Section 2 says that JSON-text is an object / array.
In ECMA-JSON, Section 15.2 says that JSONtext is an object / array /
string / number / boolean-literal / null-literal.

4627-JSON cannot truly represent one of the four primitive types, except
when it has been encapsulated within an object or array. However,
ECMA-JSON can represent any of the four primitive types or two
structured types.

Since we've as a WG rejected extending 4627-JSON to be compatible with
ECMA-JSON, a better statement for 4627bis would be something like this:

   JSON can represent two structured types (objects and arrays) that are
created from
   four primitive types (strings, numbers, booleans, and null) and
recursive objects and
   arrays.

- Tony Hansen