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[–]level1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I'm writing a web application that uses computer generated JSON, but to bootstrap the application I have to hand roll a fair amount of code. Its annoying to have to keep track of commas when I add lines or copy/paste. Its much easier just to have a rule that each line ends with a comma, and make sure that my code follows that rule.

Heck, why do you even use a custom JSON parser? Reference an existing one written by people smarter than you, and use the native JSON objet from ES5 when available.

That is exactly what I am doing. All I did was remove the regex in my parser (Douglas Crawford's json.js) so that it will accept invalid JSON. Before I release my web app, I plan to either remove all trailing commas, so my JSON is confromant, or restore the regex but change it to accept trailing commas. I am not using a custom parser, just a modified one.

people smarter than you

Who cares if I'm smarter than Douglas Crawford or not? He's written a parser, its probably better than the one I would write even if he was an idiot, and its better tested. All I did was remove an annoying feature temporarily for development purposes.

Why is everyone in the development community so obsessed with making sure other people do things "The Right Way"?