Re: [boost] JSON Parser GSoC 2013

Subject: Re: [boost] JSON Parser GSoC 2013
From: Ilya Bobyr (ilya.bobir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-04-13 06:59:47

On 4/12/2013 10:18 AM, Michael Marcin wrote:
> On 4/12/13 11:21 AM, TONGARI wrote:
>> 2013/4/12 Michael Marcin <mike.marcin_at_[hidden]>
>>
>>> For example:
>>>
>>> string raw_json = R"({
>>>     data:{
>>>        a:"hello",
>>>        b:"world",
>>>        c:3,
>>>        widget:3.5
>>>
>>>     }
>>> })";
>>>
>>
>> This doesn't seem like a valid json, the key must be a quoted string.
>>
>
> In practice you often find json that does not quote keys and I would 
> prefer a useful library to a pedantic one for this task. You could 
> have a strict mode I suppose.
>
> I pretty much just go by what http://jsonviewer.stack.hu/ accepts.

According to both the RFC and the json.org keys should be string values 
and thus should have quotes.
RFC: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt
JSON.org: http://json.org/

Thank you,
Ilya Bobyr