Re: [JSON] Detect duplicate keys

From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-06-04 14:43:15

On Jun 4, 2024, at 2:14 AM, John Abbott via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Feature request:
> 
> I would like the JSON parse to inform me that duplicate keys were encountered.
> I believe they are currently silently handled (with a last-one-wins strategy).
> 
> Thanks,
> John Abbott

As a data point, I use the technique described here (a custom parsing hook) to find duplicate keys when parsing JSON using Python.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14902299/json-loads-allows-duplicate-keys-in-a-dictionary-overwriting-the-first-value

— Marshall