On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:29 PM, Bram Moolenaar <b...@moolenaar.net> wrote:
> > Yukihiro Nakadaira wrote: > > > :echo jsondecode('{"":"x"}') > > E713: Cannot use empty key for Dictionary > > > > Will Vim allow empty key? > > Hmm, if you take the standard literally I suppose it allows for an empty > key. In practice it's an indication something went wrong. > > Why are you asking, do you see a practical application for it? > I don't know practical example in JSON. In Vim script, counting line is a possible example. let d = {} for line in getline(1, '$') let d[line] = get(d, line, 0) + 1 endfor for line in getline(1, '$') if d[line] == 1 do something else do something endif endfor Patience diff algorithm uses such a method, for example. https://github.com/ynkdir/vim-diff/blob/master/autoload/diff/patience.vim Although, there is a workaround like d['x'.line] = ... > The standard also allows for duplicate names, even though in practice > that doesn't work. So even though it's valid JSON, it doesn't mean it's > a valid value after converting from JSON to Vim types. > > So the error is actually correct, it's not saying the JSON is invalid, > it's saying the result in Vim types is invalid. > I see. -- Yukihiro Nakadaira - yukihiro.nakada...@gmail.com -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.