minus-squarehomo_ignotus@programming.devtoProgramming@programming.dev•JSON Patchlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoWhy use JSON Pointer? We already have structured data (JSON), so what’s wrong with ["biscuits", 0, "name"] instead of "biscuits/0/name"? This sidesteps the escaping problem. And the reason is clearly not brevity, given the rest of the spec. linkfedilink
minus-squarehomo_ignotus@programming.devtolinuxmemes@lemmy.world•It doesn’t even take special talents to do!linkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoNo, it’s GNU Emacs. linkfedilink
minus-squarehomo_ignotus@programming.devtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Email clientslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agomutt ftw or elm, if you wanna go oldschool linkfedilink
Why use JSON Pointer? We already have structured data (JSON), so what’s wrong with
["biscuits", 0, "name"]
instead of"biscuits/0/name"
? This sidesteps the escaping problem.And the reason is clearly not brevity, given the rest of the spec.