Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9496: property_tree write_json should output correct types in JSON

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9496: property_tree write_json should output correct types in JSON
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-10 15:01:49

#9496: property_tree write_json should output correct types in JSON
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  Reporter:  Egbert van der Wal <ewal@…>  |      Owner:  cornedbee
      Type:  Patches                      |     Status:  closed
 Milestone:  To Be Determined             |  Component:  property_tree
   Version:  Boost Development Trunk      |   Severity:  Optimization
Resolution:  invalid                      |   Keywords:
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Changes (by cornedbee):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid

Comment:

 I'm not going to include this.

 With or without this patch the behavior is not right: without it,
 everything becomes a string when reading, and is written as such. With it,
 everything still turns into a string on reading, but now some strings
 suddenly become not-strings when writing.

 In other words, this makes the writer harder to understand, and possibly
 incorrect - what if I actually want to write "2.0" to the JSON file? Maybe
 the JSON represents a music collection which contains the album by Garbage
 of that name.

 I do hope to eventually support a ptree that uses a variant value type to
 accurately represent JSON, but until then I will stick with pure strings
 as the simple and obvious thing. If that is insufficient for your needs,
 I'm afraid you'll have to use a real JSON library.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9496#comment:2>
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