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Re: [Json] I-JSON Tpic #2: Top-Level

John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> Tue, 29 April 2014 17:13 UTC

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> draft-i-json-01 says the top level is an object (but doesn’t say MUST,
> eek).  I have heard arguments for allowing arrays too​; anyone who thinks
> that is a good idea should speak up. (I won’t.)

As I understand it, the reason for this restriction was to support the
in-band I-JSON signature.  Since this is now dropped, there is no further
reason not to allow the sending of arbitrary JSON values.

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