[Json] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC7159 (3915)

RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> Fri, 07 March 2014 17:12 UTC

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Subject: [Json] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC7159 (3915)
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The following errata report has been submitted for RFC7159,
"The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=7159&eid=3915

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Vasiliy Faronov <vfaronov@gmail.com>

Section: 12

Original Text
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   Since JSON's syntax is borrowed from JavaScript, it is possible to
   use that language's "eval()" function to parse JSON texts.

Corrected Text
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   Since JSON's syntax is borrowed from JavaScript, it is possible to
   use that language's "eval()" function to parse most (but not all)
   JSON texts.

Notes
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This wording may be construed as meaning that every compliant JSON text is parseable as JavaScript, which is not the case: <http://timelessrepo.com/json-isnt-a-javascript-subset>. (Actually I would prefer this to be stated clearly elsewhere in the document, e.g. where it says “JSON's design goals were for it to be [...] a subset of JavaScript”.)

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RFC7159 (draft-ietf-json-rfc4627bis-rfc7159bis)
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Title               : The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format
Publication Date    : March 2014
Author(s)           : T. Bray, Ed.
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : JavaScript Object Notation
Area                : Applications
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG