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AI's take on XML (lemmy.world)
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[–] 13 points 2 years ago* (2 children) 
{ "key": "six",
  "value": 6,
  "comment": "6 is a bad number. Use five." }
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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Yes, it's a field. Specifically, a field containing human-readable information about what is going on in adjacent fields, much like a comment. I see no issue with putting such information in a json file.

    As for "you don't comment by putting information in variables": In Python, your objects have the __doc__ attribute, which is specifically used for this purpose.

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 2 years ago

    Please don't. If you need something like json but with comments, then use YAML or TOML. Those formats are designed to be human-readable by default, json is better suited for interchanging information between different pieces of software. And if you really need comments inside JSON, then find a parser that supports // or /* */ syntax.

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