David wrote:
The problem is that for the two programming languages I use, Java and
PHP the variable name key~ and $key~ is illegal, and I believe that is
the case for most programming languages. Thus, in this PHP class (an its
Java analog) would fail at compile / parse time:
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Note that
on behalf of Posthumus, Etienne
Sent: Fri 6/6/2008 12:56 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Library API
David wrote:
The problem is that for the two programming languages I use, Java and
PHP the variable name key~ and $key~ is illegal, and I believe that is
the case
Inspired by a thread on this list yesterday, I started playing with the
Open Library API. In order to query through the API, you must pass a
query as a JSON serialized object. That's good, and it could be great,
given that for Java and PHP (at least) there already exists the ability
to serialize a
I see no reason not to send this along to the developers. I don't know
if key has some special significance or if something else could be
easily substituted. The API is very new and hasn't been used much, so
it's good to surface things of this nature. (Note: I consult on the bib
data aspect of
