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minus-squareLandless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThat’s my biggest peev about JSON actually. No comments!! WTH!
minus-squareNekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoOn one hand I agree, on the other hand I just know that some people would immediately abuse it and put relevant data into comments.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThis is why there are none, but I still think it’s dumb. Parsers can’t see comments anyways.
minus-squareNekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoThat’s assuming people actually use a parser and don’t build their own “parser” to read values manually. And before anyone asks: Yes, I’ve known people who did exactly that and to this day I’m still traumatized by that discovery. But yes, comments would’ve been nice.
minus-squareTCB13@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThere’s comments in the specs and a bunch of parsers that actually inore //
minus-squareSkull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month ago[This comment has been deleted by an automated system]
That’s my biggest peev about JSON actually. No comments!! WTH!
On one hand I agree, on the other hand I just know that some people would immediately abuse it and put relevant data into comments.
This is why there are none, but I still think it’s dumb. Parsers can’t see comments anyways.
That’s assuming people actually use a parser and don’t build their own “parser” to read values manually.
And before anyone asks: Yes, I’ve known people who did exactly that and to this day I’m still traumatized by that discovery.
But yes, comments would’ve been nice.
There’s comments in the specs and a bunch of parsers that actually inore //
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json spec draft 7