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| 247 | followed by some benchmark values. JSON::XS was designed not to suffer |
247 | followed by some benchmark values. JSON::XS was designed not to suffer |
| 248 | from any of these problems or limitations. |
248 | from any of these problems or limitations. |
| 249 | |
249 | |
| 250 | =over 4 |
250 | =over 4 |
| 251 | |
251 | |
| 252 | =item JSON |
252 | =item JSON 1.07 |
| 253 | |
253 | |
| 254 | Slow (but very portable, as it is written in pure Perl). |
254 | Slow (but very portable, as it is written in pure Perl). |
| 255 | |
255 | |
| 256 | Undocumented/buggy Unicode handling (how JSON handles unicode values is |
256 | Undocumented/buggy Unicode handling (how JSON handles unicode values is |
| 257 | undocumented. One can get far by feeding it unicode strings and doing |
257 | undocumented. One can get far by feeding it unicode strings and doing |
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| 259 | |
259 | |
| 260 | No roundtripping (strings get clobbered if they look like numbers, e.g. |
260 | No roundtripping (strings get clobbered if they look like numbers, e.g. |
| 261 | the string C<2.0> will encode to C<2.0> instead of C<"2.0">, and that will |
261 | the string C<2.0> will encode to C<2.0> instead of C<"2.0">, and that will |
| 262 | decode into the number 2. |
262 | decode into the number 2. |
| 263 | |
263 | |
| 264 | =item JSON::PC |
264 | =item JSON::PC 0.01 |
| 265 | |
265 | |
| 266 | Very fast. |
266 | Very fast. |
| 267 | |
267 | |
| 268 | Undocumented/buggy Unicode handling. |
268 | Undocumented/buggy Unicode handling. |
| 269 | |
269 | |
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| 276 | which is not a valid JSON string. |
276 | which is not a valid JSON string. |
| 277 | |
277 | |
| 278 | Unmaintained (maintainer unresponsive for many months, bugs are not |
278 | Unmaintained (maintainer unresponsive for many months, bugs are not |
| 279 | getting fixed). |
279 | getting fixed). |
| 280 | |
280 | |
| 281 | =item JSON::Syck |
281 | =item JSON::Syck 0.21 |
| 282 | |
282 | |
| 283 | Very buggy (often crashes). |
283 | Very buggy (often crashes). |
| 284 | |
284 | |
| 285 | Very inflexible (no human-readable format supported, format pretty much |
285 | Very inflexible (no human-readable format supported, format pretty much |
| 286 | undocumented. I need at least a format for easy reading by humans and a |
286 | undocumented. I need at least a format for easy reading by humans and a |
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| 305 | JSON. One bank might parse a given non-JSON request and deduct money, |
305 | JSON. One bank might parse a given non-JSON request and deduct money, |
| 306 | while the other might reject the transaction with a syntax error. While a |
306 | while the other might reject the transaction with a syntax error. While a |
| 307 | good protocol will at least recover, that is extra unnecessary work and |
307 | good protocol will at least recover, that is extra unnecessary work and |
| 308 | the transaction will still not succeed). |
308 | the transaction will still not succeed). |
| 309 | |
309 | |
| 310 | =item JSON::DWIW |
310 | =item JSON::DWIW 0.04 |
| 311 | |
311 | |
| 312 | Very fast. Very natural. Very nice. |
312 | Very fast. Very natural. Very nice. |
| 313 | |
313 | |
| 314 | Undocumented unicode handling (but the best of the pack. Unicode escapes |
314 | Undocumented unicode handling (but the best of the pack. Unicode escapes |
| 315 | still don't get parsed properly). |
315 | still don't get parsed properly). |
