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Re: [netmod] JSON to XML lossy conversion

Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> Thu, 16 July 2020 15:55 UTC

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:55:22 +0200
From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>
To: Michal Vaško <mvasko@cesnet.cz>
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Subject: Re: [netmod] JSON to XML lossy conversion
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On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 04:24:43PM +0200, Michal Vaško wrote:
> 
> Similar problem occurs also for boolean. So I am just wondering, is this a known bug/feature, is it intentional? It is true that applications usually choose one format and stick to it but it is not a requirement and I can see this having possibly quite nasty consequences.
>

This is known and has already be known when the JSON format was
standardized. Whether it is a feature or a bug (and if so where
the bug is) depends on whom you talk to.

/js

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