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Any format that can be edited with a text editor and retain proper formatting should be able to have embedded comments. No reason not to, and it can come in ha

by mark-r 7y ago

Any format that can be edited with a text editor and retain proper formatting should be able to have embedded comments. No reason not to, and it can come in handy sometimes.

ghayes 7y ago
The argument, originally, I believe was that comments might be hacked to “extend” JSON with various additions (e.g. dates via an end of line marker). Comments were excluded to keep the format stable, which, FWIW, has worked.
- ric2b 7y ago
  That's a bad argument, since you can still do that with "magic" fields or metadata fields.
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