Re: libXO-ification - Why - and is it a symptom of deeper issues?

From: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:14:23 -0800
> On Nov 15, 2015, at 10:09, Allan Jude <allanjude_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

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> The big difference is, a json parser isn't going to blow up if a new
> field gets added in the middle, and your awk/grep/sed script probably will.

That's a plus to those formats, yes, but if someone changes the field name (which can happen today, on a whim, and would go unnoticed for a while because no tests/spec), you'll run into a KeyError in Python or an equivalent error message in your language of choice.

Thanks,
Received on Sun Nov 15 2015 - 17:14:26 UTC

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