Saturday, 21 October 2017

javascript - JSON: why are forward slashes escaped?

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The reason for this "escapes"
me.



rel="noreferrer">JSON escapes the forward slash, so a hash {a:
"a/b/c"} is serialized as {"a":"a\/b\/c"} instead
of
{"a":"a/b/c"}.




Why?



Answer




JSON doesn't require you to do that, it
allows you to do that. It also allows you to use "\u0061" for "A", but it's not
required. Allowing \/ helps when embedding JSON in a

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