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0 pointsinsanitybit3y ago0 comments

I just did a quick check (apparently DuckDuckGo has a built in JSON validation function lol love it) and `[1, "foo"]` does pass their JSON validation.

Not surprised but I did want to confirm.

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okayexplainl43y ago

Am I missing something, why wouldn't a non-homogeneous array literal pass?

insanitybitOP3y ago

Because mixing types in an array is stupid enough that I thought it might just not be valid.

ris3y ago

Mixing types in an array/list is not remotely stupid. How exactly would you suggest expressing the lack of a value in a series of numbers without None/null? There's your mixed types.

Don't let weird dogma get in the way of practicality.

qwefsdf3y ago

That's an Optional[int]. It's not "mixed types", it's a union type.

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insanitybitOP3y ago

JSON has a `null` value already, and null is its own special case in most languages where `null` is a universal type.

Otherwise you tag your data so that it's an array of objects.

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okayexplainl43y ago

Am I missing something, why wouldn't a non-homogeneous array literal pass?

insanitybitOP3y ago

Because mixing types in an array is stupid enough that I thought it might just not be valid.

ris3y ago

Mixing types in an array/list is not remotely stupid. How exactly would you suggest expressing the lack of a value in a series of numbers without None/null? There's your mixed types.

Don't let weird dogma get in the way of practicality.

qwefsdf3y ago

That's an Optional[int]. It's not "mixed types", it's a union type.

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insanitybitOP3y ago

JSON has a `null` value already, and null is its own special case in most languages where `null` is a universal type.

Otherwise you tag your data so that it's an array of objects.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse