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authorAdam Bard <github@adambard.com>2015-10-09 17:23:10 +0800
committerAdam Bard <github@adambard.com>2015-10-09 17:23:10 +0800
commit893be4215370335710ac4d77d707606abd348030 (patch)
tree91302c7c75dbe3463ba47c3e3bcf6d2d106f368b
parent0d0c495c701acc77047df138e169e7cc7ece5f97 (diff)
parent7fd149485e0cbef6fc57206cb1377f261ed70278 (diff)
Merge pull request #1416 from AVGP/854-json-trailing-comma
Mention of trailing commas in JSON and that they should be avoided
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@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ As JSON is an extremely simple data-interchange format, this is most likely goin
to be the simplest Learn X in Y Minutes ever.
JSON in its purest form has no actual comments, but most parsers will accept
-C-style (`//`, `/* */`) comments. For the purposes of this, however, everything is
-going to be 100% valid JSON. Luckily, it kind of speaks for itself.
+C-style (`//`, `/* */`) comments. Some parsers also tolerate a trailing comma
+(i.e. a comma after the last element of an array or the after the last property of an object),
+but they should be avoided for better compatibility.
+
+For the purposes of this, however, everything is going to be 100% valid JSON. Luckily, it kind of speaks for itself.
```json
{