From: Eric Mahurin <eric.mahurin@...>
Date: 2008-02-04T01:51:44+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Parsing JSON (#155)

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On Feb 1, 2008 7:55 AM, Ruby Quiz <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:

>        http://json.org/


This doc is missing two things: 1) exactly what is allowed for the top-level
json, and 2) where can whitespace appear.  This is more complete:

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt

         def test_keyword_parsing
>            assert_equal(true,  @parser.parse("true"))
>            assert_equal(false, @parser.parse("false"))
>            assert_equal(nil,   @parser.parse("null"))
>          end
>
>          def test_number_parsing
>            assert_equal(42,      @parser.parse("42"))

...

>          end
>
>          def test_string_parsing
>            assert_equal(String.new,          @parser.parse(%Q{""}))

...

>          end
>

 The above isn't legal JSON.  An array or object (hash) should be at the
top-level.  Surround these by brackets and it will be legal.

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