Subject: Re: [Json] fun with streaming, was The names within an object SHOULD be unique.

From: Vinny A <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 23:36:20 -0500

On Jul 30, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Tim Bray <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Has anyone any personal knowledge of an app whose correct function depends on the use of duplicate keys?  -T

Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on personal views)  a YC News comment thread cropped up today regarding this very issue. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6146880

Many of the comments in the above thread advocate the use of duplicate keys as a form of comments. Others are against the idea of duplicated keys, noting the problems with streaming parsers.

A lot of the discussion within the thread mirrors the conversation we've had in this mailing list for the past few months; I highly recommend reading it since this list has been looking for examples of real-world JSON uses.

-----------------
Vinny
www.jsontest.com