[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4387: property_tree json_grammar should accept array at root level

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4387: property_tree json_grammar should accept array at root level
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-28 21:55:37

#4387: property_tree json_grammar should accept array at root level
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 Reporter:  Dan Teitsort <dan@…>             |       Owner:  cornedbee    
     Type:  Bugs                             |      Status:  new          
Milestone:  Boost 1.44.0                     |   Component:  property_tree
  Version:  Boost 1.42.0                     |    Severity:  Problem      
 Keywords:  property_tree json read_json     |  
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 According to http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt?number=4627, section 2:

    "A JSON text is a serialized object or array."

 However, the implementation of the json_grammar in json_parser_read.hpp
 does not accept an array at the root level.  Rather, it expects an object
 only.

 This means read_json cannot successfully parse the following, even though
 according to rfc4627 it is valid jSON:

 ["apple","orange","tomato"]

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4387>
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