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0 pointsaseemk14y ago0 comments

Writing, or at least editing, JSON by hand seems unavoidable if you develop on Node, as modules' "manifests" are JSON files.

I also love to make tests data-driven where possible. JSON is the natural format for data on Node, and again, test cases are usually written by hand (before code exists to generate or validate them).

I'm not sure I understand your point about eval'ing. This parser doesn't use eval(), and it works in every modern browser.

Finally, I'm not advocating for arbitrary looseness. These additions conform directly to ES5's additions.

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aurelianito14y ago

I believe you should do something like this:

  json.stringify({unquoted:'Some value', trailing_comma:true,})

instead of hand-writting JSON data in tests.

ZenPsycho14y ago

I have implemented a javascript eval into my text editor. When I select text, and call the command, it passes it off to a node.JS engine and replaces the selection with the return result. In this way I can write a JSON.stringify([anyvalid javascript],null, [indentation]); and instantly get perfect JSON. This is much less troublesome than trying to make a new slightly incompatible format.

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