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Re: [Json] Differences between RFC 4627 or the current ECMAScript specification

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Wed, 02 October 2013 19:53 UTC

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<no hat>

On Oct 2, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> wrote:

> So, would it be enough to:
> - update the informative reference to point to 5.1
> - Have a note that there are differences, with a pointer to section 15.12?  

This works for me. In specific, if we try to list the differences, we are in some sense saying what ECMAScript means, and that feels kind of rude (just as it would be rude for them to tell us what RFC 4627 meant to say).

--Paul Hoffman

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