On: JSON with Commas and Comments

[xpe]

See also:

https://json5.org

https://github.com/json5/json5

[xpe → xpe]

Combining effort with JSON5 (~4K GitHub stars) makes sense to me.

[NewJazz → xpe]

They explicitly do not want unquoted keys. The author reviewed most prior art in TFA.

[xpe → NewJazz]

Would you like to spell out what TFA means?

[NewJazz → xpe]

People use TFA (the fine/featured article) without malice here. I apologize that I did not convey my spirit adequately.

[xpe → NewJazz]

Thanks for clarifying.

The term is very easily confused, to state the obvious.

In my opinion, I think it would be better to avoid it. I'm sorry if one negative meaning deprives people of the joy of using a nicer one, but such is the nature of language.

[dharmab → xpe]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/RTFA

[NewJazz → dharmab]

I did not intend this spirit. Instead I wanted to constructively point out that the article reviews several Json quirks and supersets.

[xpe → dharmab]

I'm aware, thanks.

I wanted to see if CameronNemo would spell it out.

I'd like to point out the HN Guidelines:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."

Even putting aside what "F" stands for, this means that comments like TFA or RTFA are not in the spirit of the discussion here.

[fenomas → xpe]

"TFA" is a common usage on HN just to neutrally mean "the article that this comment page is about". It doesn't by itself imply "RTFA".

[coldtea → xpe]

>"Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."

That's exactly what the parent wrote, so he's totally fine with respect to the HN Guidelines.

To quote: "The author reviewed most prior art in TFA.".

[geofft → xpe]

The sentence you quote explicitly states that "The article mentioned that." is a permissible and in-spirit comment.

[xpe → xpe]

The guidelines are important and relevant. Kind, civil discussion is important. Putting the f-word in an acronym doesn't change its meaning.

[pseudalopex → xpe]

The fine article.

[xpe → NewJazz]

You can say this without using that acroynm.

Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.