Monday 25 June 2018

javascript - JSON: why are forward slashes escaped?



The reason for this "escapes" me.



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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