Perhaps a quick note in the doc that this produces a stream of 0 or more JSON documents would be helpful? I don't actually think the current doc is wrong; the data is printed in "JSON format", it's just not a single JSON document.
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 6:22 AM Jim Ancona <j...@anconafamily.com> wrote: > This is a pretty common way of streaming JSON objects. See: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Streaming > > But I agree that it's not part of the JSON standard, nor does it seem to > be standardized anywhere else. > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 9:43 PM, Matt Harden <matt.har...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The output is not a valid (single) JSON value. It's a number of JSON >> values, separated by newlines. jq considers each of these values a separate >> "input". There's nothing in the definition of JSON that makes this valid. >> >> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 4:49 PM Edward Muller <edwar...@interlix.com> >> wrote: >> >>> `go list -json std | jq` does not complain, which is my usual "is my >>> json valid" test. >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 12:13 PM Lars Tørnes Hansen <lar...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I expected that >>>> go list -json std >>>> ... would output a valid JSON document, because >>>> go help list >>>> writes: >>>> The -json flag causes the package data to be printed in JSON format >>>> instead of using the template format. >>>> but ... >>>> >>>> - The JSON document is not a JSON array >>>> - Between 2 JSON objects of type build.Package: A comma is missing >>>> >>>> go version go1.7 linux/amd64 >>>> >>>> Have I misunderstood something? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "golang-nuts" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "golang-nuts" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
