Hi Arun, On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM Arun Isaac <arunis...@systemreboot.net> wrote: > > Thanks for the patch. I'm just trying to understand: Why do we need a > JSON module in guile itself? Isn't guile-json, the way it is as an > external library, good enough?
I mean, Guile doesn't *need* to include anything, but JSON is one of the most common serialization formats around. Most language implementations ship with a JSON library. Guile already has a suite of web modules and so this fits right in with those. Over the years I've noticed many users, especially new users, asking why Guile doesn't ship with JSON support. I don't think you should have to install an external library for something so common. In my own projects I prefer to just check a JSON module into the source tree so I don't have to add an additional dependency. guile-json is a good library with a bunch of bells and whistles, but I think most people just want basic read/write procedures and would be happy to take them for granted with their Guile installation. > > API that can read/write JSON to/from a port using only Scheme data > > types that have read syntax (i.e. no hash tables like guile-json). > > guile-json does not use hash tables. guile-json uses association lists. > I believe the decision to use hash tables was reversed many years ago. Heh, shows how long it's been since I last used guile-json. Glad that's changed. :) - Dave
