Re: [Json] Meanwhile, out there...

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Sun, 02 March 2014 09:46 UTC

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On Mar 2, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:

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> <http://json5.org/>
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>> JSON5 is a proposed extension to JSON that brings ES5 enhancements to its syntax. It remains a strict subset of JavaScript, adds no new data types, and is astrict superset of existing JSON.

This appears to only be meant to work in a Javascript program, yes? Otherwise, what the heck does "Object keys can be unquoted if they're valid identifiers" mean?

--Paul Hoffman