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I think if breaking changes are made, there is no point, it would not be called JSON 2.0; it is an entirely new data format. When there are hundreds to thousand
by xvolter 10y ago
I think if breaking changes are made, there is no point, it would not be called JSON 2.0; it is an entirely new data format. When there are hundreds to thousands of alternatives, trying to "fix JSON" isn't the solution. JSON works because it is simple and easy to follow, it is robust and flexible, and has no restrictions. There is no good way to store dates in XML or many other formats, without the use of Schemas, and the syntax changes are minimally beneficial. It wouldn't save a lot of bandwidth with gzip, and the text data likely doesn't add up to a lot of disk space when compared to the data being stored; so removing commas which make parsing JSON easy and increases its adoption and usage, just so some people can have less linting errors doesn't seem like a large benefit.