On Mar 1, 5:57 pm, Erik Max Francis <m...@alcyone.com> wrote: > Patrick Maupin wrote: > This not only seriously stretching the meaning of the term "superset" > (as Python is most definitely not even remotely a superset of JSON), but
Well, you are entitled to that opinion, but seriously, if I take valid JSON, replace unquoted true with True, unquoted false with False, replace unquoted null with None, and take the quoted strings and replace occurrences of \uXXXX with the appropriate unicode, then I do, in fact, have valid Python. But don't take my word for it -- try it out! But if you really want to be pedantic about it, JavaScript (rather than Python) is, in fact a superset of JSON, and, despite the disparagement JavaScript receives, in my opinion, it is possible to write much better looking JavaScript than JSON for many tasks. YAML, also, is a superset of JSON, and IMO, it is possible to write much better looking YAML than JSON. > still doesn't address the question. Is RSON and _actual_ superset of > JSON, or are you just misusing the term there, as well? Yes, the RSON definition, in fact, a superset of JSON, just like the YAML definition. But RSON is a much smaller grammar than YAML. If it is, then > your rationale for not using JSON makes no sense if you're making a new > format that's merely a superset of it. Obviously JSON can't be that > unreadable if you're _extending_ it to make your own "more readable" > format. If JSON is unreadable, so must be RSON. Well, we'll have to agree to disagree here. Bearing in mind that the definition of "unreadable" depends on the target application and user, obviously, it will be *possible* to write unreadable RSON, just as it is *possible* to write unreadable JavaScript or Python or YAML, but it will be *possible* to write better looking RSON than is possible to achieve with JSON, just as it is *possible* to write better looking JavaScript or YAML or Python than it is *possible* to achieve with pure JSON. Best regards, Pat -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
