Re: [Json] Encoding detection (Was: Re: JSON: remove gap between Ecma-404 and IETF draft)

On 2013-11-22 19:33, Matt Miller (mamille2) wrote:
> There does seem to be rough consensus that using an encoding other than UTF-8 can have interoperability issues.  The also seems to be rough consensus that the current text and table in section 8.1 for detecting the encoding will be inaccurate (and potentially harmful).
>
> That appears to mean the approach with the most consensus is to remove the encoding detection entirely, leaving only:
>
> """"
>     JSON text SHALL be encoded in Unicode.  The default encoding is
>     UTF-8.
> """"
>
>
> - Paul Hoffman and Matt Miller

Again:

   "JSON text SHALL be encoded in Unicode."

doesn't make any sense. "Unicode" is not a character encoding.

Can we please use proper terminology here?

Best regards, Julian

Received on Friday, 22 November 2013 18:42:18 UTC