Show HN: A fast JSON library for Go

Re:Show HN: A fast JSON library for Go by kevincox on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @07:46AM (#26076827)

I find the circles, crosses and triangles on https://github.com/goccy/go-json#json-library-comparison hard to comprehend. I guess that circle means "yes", cross is "no" and triangle is "partial" or something. However that is really just based on context. (I guessed the symbols from what I thought the data should be)

I would suggest using words like "yes", "no" and "partial". They are short and clear. If you really want to do symbols I recommend using for yes, and still spelling out whatever triangle is supposed to mean.

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Re:Show HN: A fast JSON library for Go by idobe on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @08:06AM (#26077014)

The author looks to be Japanese, so that's probably why. In Japan, grade school teachers often use the symbols like so:

○ = correct × = incorrect △ = partially incorrect

I'd prefer the yes, no, partial though as well.

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Re:Show HN: A fast JSON library for Go by kevincox on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @08:09AM (#26077035)

Ah, thanks for explaining that.

However yes, for an English README it probably makes sense to stick to words to clear any confusion.

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Re:Show HN: A fast JSON library for Go by goccy on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @09:57AM (#26078178)

I fixed it ! Thanks !

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Re:Show HN: A fast JSON library for Go by mst on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:13PM (#26079977)

My first thought was "yes", "no" and "ish" since the last one is a similar length to the first two.

My second thought was that that was probably just going to move the confusion to non-native english speakers.

Given a math background, ~~ for 'ish' is also tempting ... but while writing this out I've circled back around to "I can't think of anything better than partial".

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