June 1, 2013
2:19 p.m.
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> wrote:
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> wrote:
Is there a reason JSON is used other than YAML not being in the stdlib?
It's simpler, it's Python syntax, it's faster to parse.
I would warn strongly against the "JSON is Python syntax" meme.
Another warning - this javascript tidbit broke my heart more times than I care to admit:
var k = 'foo' var obj = {k: 'wonderful'} obj[k] undefined obj['k'] "wonderful"
Yuval