Re: [XHR] responseType "json" from Julian Reschke on 2011-12-02 (public-webapps@w3.org from October to December 2011)

From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:15:47 +0100
To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
CC: WebApps WG <public-webapps@w3.org>
Message-ID: <4ED8CF83.20407@gmx.de>

On 2011-12-02 14:00, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> I added a "json" responseType
> http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/xhr/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#the-responsetype-attribute
> and JSON response entity body description:
> http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/xhr/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#json-response-entity-body
> This is based on a proposal by Gecko from a while back.
>
> I tied it to UTF-8 to further the fight on encoding proliferation and
> encourage developers to always use that encoding.

Well, it breaks legitimate JSON resources. What's the benefit?

Best regards, Julian

Received on Friday, 2 December 2011 13:16:27 UTC