- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:43:00 -0700
On Jun 14, 2008, at 1:08 AM, Adam Barth wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote: >> Passing objects, or arrays of strings, arrays, or objects, is more >> complex, but as you point out, it can be done using JSON libraries. >> Since >> it is likely that JSON will be supported natively by UAs in due >> course, it >> seems better to wait for that support rather than adding type >> support to >> postMessage(). > > HTML 5 should expose a native JSON parser for web content. Native JSON parsing is being considered for the next versions of ECMAScript (the 3.1 and 4 versions). It seems like a better fit there than in HTML5. If it ends up not being added to ECMAScript, I would propose it as a standalone spec for the W3C Web Apps WG. - Maciej
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