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

"Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)" <jhildebr@cisco.com> Thu, 06 June 2013 06:47 UTC

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From: "Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)" <jhildebr@cisco.com>
To: "stefan@drees.name" <stefan@drees.name>
Thread-Topic: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be unique.
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Subject: Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be unique.
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On 6/5/13 11:21 PM, "Stefan Drees" <stefan@drees.name> wrote:

>Thus I propose append a
>
>"""Implementations are strongly urged to not duplicate names as keys in
>an object."""
>
>(or the like) after the above proposed statement with the two MAYs.

RFC 6919 has "REALLY SHOULD NOT" for this.

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Joe Hildebrand

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