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

Stephan Beal <sgbeal@googlemail.com> Wed, 05 June 2013 21:14 UTC

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On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Vinny A <jsontest@yahoo.com> wrote:

> If parsers are accepting duplicate keys, they're already non-compliant.
> RFC 4627 states that keys should be unique, and the org.json reference
> parser throws an exception when it hits a duplicate key (line 1186 in
> JSONObject).
>

(Sorry, Vinny - gmail is giving me all kinds of grief with the list
replies.)

"should" is not "must" :/.

> If any implementation is relying on using duplicate keys, they should also
> understand that they are already violating best practice.
>

Absolutely.

> While I'd prefer to simply state that implementations MUST generate unique
> keys, Mr. Lear's suggestion gets my +1.
>

But that only solves the generator side of the equation, and that solution
would imply that the parser also MUST NOT parse them (because they "can't"
be generated, so why bother?), regardless of best/worse-practice. i.e. it
would force changes onto existing parsers if they want to be officially
compliant. Maybe i'm nit-picking, but that point could certainly disappoint
some people who would have to re-label their implementations as "JSON
comp^H^H^H^Halmost-compliant".

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Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tim Bray
[Json] The names within an object SHOULD be uniqu… Douglas Crockford
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Douglas Crockford
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Markus Lanthaler
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephan Beal
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Markus Lanthaler
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephan Beal
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Douglas Crockford
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Douglas Crockford
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tim Bray
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Matthew Morley
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tatu Saloranta
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Bjoern Hoehrmann
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Douglas Crockford
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tony Hansen
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephan Beal
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Paul Hoffman
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephan Beal
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Matthew Morley
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Markus Lanthaler
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Paul Hoffman
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tatu Saloranta
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tatu Saloranta
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Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Matt Miller (mamille2)
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Paul Hoffman
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Markus Lanthaler
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tatu Saloranta
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tatu Saloranta
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… R S
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tim Bray
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Markus Lanthaler
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephen Dolan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Paul Hoffman
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Matt Miller (mamille2)
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Allen Wirfs-Brock
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Allen Wirfs-Brock
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Douglas Crockford
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Allen Wirfs-Brock
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Douglas Crockford
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Jacob Davies
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tim Bray
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Vinny A
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Allen Wirfs-Brock
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… R S
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephen Dolan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Dean Landolt
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Marcos Caceres
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephen Dolan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Paul Hoffman
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephen Dolan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stefan Drees
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephan Beal
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Levine
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Stephen Dolan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Jorge Chamorro
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Jorge Chamorro
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Jorge Chamorro
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… John Cowan
Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… John Levine
Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Tim Bray
Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Nico Williams
Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Stephan Beal
Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Tatu Saloranta
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Jorge Chamorro
Re: [Json] The names within an object SHOULD be u… Tatu Saloranta
Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Jorge Chamorro
Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… John R Levine
Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Vinny A
Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)
Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names with… Tatu Saloranta