XML: Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't always kill babies

Re:XML: Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't always kill b... by Groxx on Saturday February 19, 2011 @09:29PM (#2240756)

I'd imagine it depends on your parser, and if non-browser JSON gets more prevalent it'll probably be addressed. JSON has no format specified that I'm aware of, but some browser-like parsers will handle things like this:

  {"key":"value" // comment
  or 
  {
    // comment
    "key":"value"

Which I find wholly acceptable (though poorly supported).

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Re:XML: Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't always kill b... by tsaixingwei on Sunday February 20, 2011 @06:16AM (#2241651)

Wouldn't that only work if the json/javascript is pretty-printed and not minified?

I'd think this problem of comments in JSON requires a solution that is part of the JSON specifications rather than dependent on individual parsers implementations.

Or perhaps JSON only really shines as a data interchange format and not much else.

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Re:XML: Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't always kill b... by nailer on Sunday February 20, 2011 @04:18AM (#2241494)

Sorry, on iPad and accidentally downmodded your useful comment.

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