aldana wrote: > i often see two different json styles to have names: > > { key : "value" } > > vs > > { "key" :"value" } > > > looking at official sites only option 2 is correct syntax, never the less > most of the tools do also handle option 1 and don't moan about the syntax. > > what you say, does it in practice not matter which option you choose? > > generally i favor option 1 because it is not polluted with the "". i wonder > why this syntax wasn't official from the start.... > > thanks > > ----- > manuel aldana > aldana((at))gmx.de > software-engineering blog: http://www.aldana-online.de > Option 1 should be used if you are sure that all hash keys are regular javascript identifiers.
You can't write {"my key and i love it" : "my value"} with opt 1. Since mixing these two approaches is ugly I guess that opt 2 is more general approach. Best, Mihailo