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Re:Fixing JSON by shill on Saturday August 20, 2016 @02:46PM (#12327829)
My assumption is that quotes are needed for keys with spaces.

    > x = {}
    > x["foo bar"] = 1
    > x
    { 'foo bar': 1 }
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Re:Fixing JSON by Retra on Monday August 22, 2016 @01:42AM (#12334340)
That only explains why they are permitted, not why they are mandatory.
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