Re: deJSONKit - serialization as JSON from E

On May 18, 2009, at 10:20, Tyler Close wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Kevin Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>>    Note that even in strict mode (the default), deJSONKit operates
>> on JSON /value/s, not JSON /object/s; it does not require that the
>> root of the subgraph be a JSON object (E map).
>
> You could stick to the requirement to output a JSON object, rather
> than a JSON value, by adopting the JSONvalue convention:
>
> http://waterken.sourceforge.net/web_send/#JSONvalue

I would rather not build an interpretation of the magic key "=" into  
the recognizer; my intent with deJSONKit is to allow input/output of  
*arbitrary* JSON (but, therefore, not arbitrary Data-E).

If I added support for your "=" I would also add "@", "!", and "$" and  
produce a "represent arbitrary Data-E as Waterken-JSON" library --  
this may in fact become part of my GSoC CapTP-on-Caja project this year.

(Hm, though you don't AFAIK have any syntax for cycles? You have "@",  
and {"@": "#foo"} is well-defined, but there is no convention for  
*defining* fragments of a JSON tree. Could you suggest one so I don't  
have to?)

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Kevin Reid                            <http://homepage.mac.com/kpreid/>