From 7fd149485e0cbef6fc57206cb1377f261ed70278 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin N Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 07:39:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention of trailing commas in JSON and that they should be avoided --- json.html.markdown | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/json.html.markdown b/json.html.markdown index 6aff2ce2..a85cecc4 100644 --- a/json.html.markdown +++ b/json.html.markdown @@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ As JSON is an extremely simple data-interchange format, this is most likely goin to be the simplest Learn X in Y Minutes ever. JSON in its purest form has no actual comments, but most parsers will accept -C-style (`//`, `/* */`) comments. For the purposes of this, however, everything is -going to be 100% valid JSON. Luckily, it kind of speaks for itself. +C-style (`//`, `/* */`) comments. Some parsers also tolerate a trailing comma +(i.e. a comma after the last element of an array or the after the last property of an object), +but they should be avoided for better compatibility. + +For the purposes of this, however, everything is going to be 100% valid JSON. Luckily, it kind of speaks for itself. ```json {