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how would you represent an arbitrary JSON array in python then? A potentially heterogeneous list seems the obvious solution.
by gpderetta 2y ago
how would you represent an arbitrary JSON array in python then? A potentially heterogeneous list seems the obvious solution.
- bpshaver 2y agoWhy would I want to do that? I'm rarely ingesting arbitrary JSON. Rather I'm designing my data structures in a sensible way and then maybe serializing them to JSON. Just because JSON can represent heterogenous lists doesn't mean it is a good idea to use heterogenous lists in my programs.
- gpderetta 2y agoThe JSON spec does not require a schema. If you want to write a library that can support any valid JSON you have little options. That's useful if you are implementing something like jq just to give an example.