> On Nov 15, 2015, at 10:09, Allan Jude <allanj...@freebsd.org> wrote:
... > The big difference is, a json parser isn't going to blow up if a new > field gets added in the middle, and your awk/grep/sed script probably will. That's a plus to those formats, yes, but if someone changes the field name (which can happen today, on a whim, and would go unnoticed for a while because no tests/spec), you'll run into a KeyError in Python or an equivalent error message in your language of choice. Thanks, _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"