Hello,

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:59 AM, Zac Spitzer <zac.spit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Looking at format JSON.js file,  it's classic example of where OL fails 
> silently
>
> the code first runs a regex to validate the JSON, which returns null
> if it doesn't validate
> and then if it passes the initial validate and then crashes, it's also
> wrapped in a try catch
> which simples ignores any errors
>
> what is the normal convention to report / throw errors in OL? Failing
> silently is nasty

The problem is described here: http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/1669


> Also now that IE, FF and a few others have native JSON support, how does
> everyone feel about conditionally using the native JSON when it's available

It would be a great addition, I've started working on that, see:
http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/1807

-- 
Frédéric Junod
Camptocamp SA
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