Re: [Json] Proposal: the minimal edit

[R S <[e-mail]>]

On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 2:22 PM, John Cowan <[e-mail]> wrote:

> R S scripsit:
>
> > > + ECMAScript parsers only accept,
> >
> > This bit is not quite right. I think they'll accept anything that
> conforms
> > to the JSON grammar, and then produce a number that is not what the
> sender
> > intended if it's out of range.
>
> Fair enough.  "Only interpret correctly", perhaps, then.
>
> > <https://dev.twitter.com/docs/twitter-ids-json-and-snowflake>
>
> This says that some parsers may throw exceptions if the number is too
> big, though it doesn't mention any such.


That document is not exclusively targeted at ECMAScript programmers, and it
is targeted at programmers with widely varying levels of skill. It's very
easy to encounter such an exception in languages where integers are assumed
to be 32 bits, even though that exception is rarely produced by a JSON
library itself.

- Rob