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Re: [Json] FYI ECMA, W3C, IETF coordination on JSON

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Tue, 08 October 2013 19:39 UTC

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On Oct 8, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfpschneider@gmail.com> wrote:

> The paragraph on numbers, see below, seems rather dangerous, as well as being incorrect.  The paragraph on strings, also below, ignores all the problems with escaped code units that do not represent a Unicode code point.

If you have issues with the spec that was produced by TC39, it would be much better if you brought it up with them directly, not here. Few TC39 members are on this list, and the ECMA procedures are really different than the IETF procedures.

--Paul Hoffman

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