Lcd wrote: > > [...] > > > > Actually, since you added two more values for type(), it would > > > > make sense to make Bool and Null standard types, Vim citizens with > > > > full rights. But some careful consideration would be needed for the > > > > interaction with the other types, so that they can also be used for > > > > other purposes, unrelated to JSON. > > > > > > The thing is that the only valid values are what we have now. Giving > > > those types a name doesn't really help. > > > > > > > The alternative would be to make jsondecode() return only > > > > standard Vim values (that is, true --> 1, false --> 0, null --> ''), > > > > and leave v:<special> only for encoding. Less powerful, but a lot > > > > simpler, and a lot more robust. > > > > > > Then you can't tell the difference between decoding a zero or "false". > > > This drops information that might be important. I'm sure this will be > > > a problem at a later time. > > > > Yes, but now we have the worst of the two worlds: types that aren't > > quite types, and values that aren't quite values. They'll break things > > eventually. Actually, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Pavlov has a few examples > > when they do. F.i. eval(string(var)) is no longer guaranteed to be the > > same as var. > [...] > > One more thing: adjusting the result of jsondecode() to contain > only "standard" values involves deep traversal, which is not trivial. > Actually, it's pretty hard to get right.
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