Re: [Prototype-core] Re: Native JSON breakage

2009-12-02 Thread David Kaufman
Hi Bob, I'm sure there are a few things Google could do: Bob Aman boba...@google.com wrote: [...] my issue here is that while we're waiting for a newer version of Prototype, more sites are deploying the current version, and every time they do, that's one more site that's now incompatible

Re: [Prototype-core] Re: Native JSON breakage

2009-12-02 Thread Tom Gregory
On Dec 2, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Richard Quadling wrote: 2009/12/2 David Kaufman da...@gigawatt.com: Mailing Tobie and Andrew bags of cash, or giving them great-paying no-show jobs at Google probably couldn't hurt either :-) I wouldn't mind one of those great-paying jobs. I'll turn up! I'll

Re: [Prototype-core] Re: Native JSON breakage

2009-12-02 Thread Bob Aman
Sure there is (and Google provides it):   Prototype hosted on Google's servers   http://tinyurl.com/google-hosted-prototype I guess the left hand doesn't always know what the right hand is doing in an organization as large as Google :-) You misunderstand. I'm well aware of this service,

[Prototype-core] Re: Native JSON breakage

2009-12-01 Thread Yaffle
Add this code after prototype.js =). Also this code replaces FF 3.5 Native JSON.stringify with ES compatible... It breaks compatibility! delete String.prototype.toJSON; //! deleting this properties required to save FF 3.5 Native JSON.stringify delete Array.prototype.toJSON; //! delete

Re: [Prototype-core] Re: Native JSON breakage

2009-12-01 Thread Bob Aman
Add this code after prototype.js =) Thus far, this is the technique we've already been advocating, though in considerably shorter form. It's a stop-gap measure at best, and brittle at worst. However, my issue here is that while we're waiting for a newer version of Prototype, more sites are

[Prototype-core] Re: Native JSON breakage

2009-12-01 Thread Tobie Langel
Hi, Bob. Thanks for your post. We'll be including fixes for native JSON in Prototype 1.7, a prerelease of which is just around the corner. I understand your frustration with this issue. It's on our top priority list. Best, Tobie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [Prototype-core] Re: Native JSON breakage

2009-12-01 Thread Bob Aman
We'll be including fixes for native JSON in Prototype 1.7, a prerelease of which is just around the corner. Just around the corner means different things on different projects. Are we talking weeks, months? I'm trying to determine if Google should be spending some engineering time on