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Re:Fixing JSON by yepperino on Saturday August 20, 2016 @07:14PM (#12328698)
Unquoted keywords are valid ES5.1 object properties.

    alert(JSON.stringify({delete: "me", for: 1, var: 2}));
results in:

    {"delete":"me","for":1,"var":2}
The only browser it does not work in is IE8 and earlier.
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Re:Fixing JSON by lucian1900 on Friday August 26, 2016 @04:41AM (#12365002)
JSON significantly predates ES 5.1
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