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jrochkind1 on Feb 5, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Jo – a shell command to create JSON (2016)

It is reminiscent of a feature in YAML that has bitten people.

But, clearly there is a use-case for producing json with integer, null, and boolean values.

pydry on Feb 5, 2022 | [–]

Of course there is, but it should be done explicitly - i.e. treat as a string by default but use -n if it's a number rather than having a guess.

ducaale on Feb 6, 2022 | [–]

Here is how HTTPie does it:

  x=005  // {"x": "005"}
  X:=005 // {"x": 5}

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