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Re: [Json] What are we trying to do?

Tatu Saloranta <tsaloranta@gmail.com> Thu, 04 July 2013 22:27 UTC

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From: Tatu Saloranta <tsaloranta@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Json] What are we trying to do?
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On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 8:05 PM, John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> wrote:

> Tatu Saloranta scripsit:
>
> > On unpaired surrogates: since their potential use has been outlined
> > multiple times, I am wondering if this has been substantiated by links to
> > systems that make use of this ability? I assume this potential exists
> only
> > on some platforms (and specifically not useful for platforms I typically
> > work on), but it would good to see links, similar to recent listing of
> > Streaming JSON processors one can find with bit of googling (happy to see
> > my SO answer being linked :) ).
>
> I would say that the potential is there for any JSON system running on
> a JVM, CLR, or JavaScript platform, since in all of these a string is
> a sequence of 16-bit code points.
>

Right I am not saying there is not potential -- potential is pretty clear
to me.

But is that potential used by anyone to substantial degree? Is there
existing use that would be hampered? What would break?

-+ Tatu +-

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