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authorCameron Schermerhorn <Cameron.Schermerhorn@its.ny.gov>2015-10-09 13:30:07 -0400
committerCameron Schermerhorn <Cameron.Schermerhorn@its.ny.gov>2015-10-09 13:30:07 -0400
commitd2010c08604c25b3166977e0cde795732ecde551 (patch)
treed4d6d72b9364e85decc55770e1f451f479321b67 /json.html.markdown
parentbf7d33037f64ea9f80f106a37929e3fdf20bd24d (diff)
parentea943b61fbee8fb0ba34f88b4d0380400e890f30 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'refs/remotes/adambard/master'
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@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ 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
{
"key": "value",
-
+
"keys": "must always be enclosed in double quotes",
"numbers": 0,
"strings": "Hellø, wørld. All unicode is allowed, along with \"escaping\".",
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ going to be 100% valid JSON. Luckily, it kind of speaks for itself.
[0, 0, 0, 1]
]
],
-
+
"alternative style": {
"comment": "check this out!"
, "comma position": "doesn't matter - as long as it's before the value, then it's valid"