> JSON.parse('[null,null,null]') > (3) [null, null, null] > JSON.parse('[,,,]') ...

cletus on Sept 29, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The saga of the Closure compiler, and why TypeScri...

    > JSON.parse('[null,null,null]')
    > (3) [null, null, null]
    > JSON.parse('[,,,]')
    Uncaught SyntaxError...

Maybe eventually someone realized this was horribly inefficient and added an extra step but a series of commas in an array with nothing in between them isn't valid JSON.