minus-squarehomo_ignotus@programming.devtoProgramming@programming.dev•JSON Patchlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoWhy use JSON Pointer? We already have structured data (JSON), so what’s wrong with ["biscuits", 0, "name"] instead of "biscuits/0/name"? This sidesteps the escaping problem. And the reason is clearly not brevity, given the rest of the spec. linkfedilink
Why use JSON Pointer? We already have structured data (JSON), so what’s wrong with
["biscuits", 0, "name"]instead of"biscuits/0/name"? This sidesteps the escaping problem.And the reason is clearly not brevity, given the rest of the spec.