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

Stephan Beal <sgbeal@googlemail.com> Mon, 10 June 2013 20:18 UTC

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On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>wrote:

> I'm OK with disallowing the above, but if we can't get consensus even
> on that then what we should do is leave the original text as it was
> and move this discussion to the Security Considerations section (to
> point out the risks) and the best practices document (to say "best
> practice is not to do this").
>

That also has the strong advantage of not upsetting anyone (==implementors)
who isn't already upset by the status quo (and i haven't seen any posts
suggesting that the status quo is fundamentally broken).

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