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Re: [Json] Allow any JSON value at the top level

John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> Fri, 07 June 2013 16:48 UTC

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Paul Hoffman scripsit:

> I am interested to hear examples of where this change would cause
> breakage, particularly given that ECMAScript already has this rule.

I think the self-bounding nature of current JSON is important to preserve.

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