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Re: [Json] What does "break compatibility" mean?

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Thu, 28 February 2013 20:43 UTC

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On Feb 28, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> wrote:

> It’s clear to me that, *for the purposes of the IETF*, someone needs to say “People sending JSON MUST NOT use duplicate keys.”  The fact that certain libraries allow less-clueful developers to do this, and that parsing software is observed to behave unpredictably when they do, should only encourage us. 

That doesn't answer the question in the heading, and the question was aimed at our esteemed Area Director. :-)

--Paul Hoffman

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