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		aarreedd on Aug 21, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fixing JSON Why not just allow trailing commas?

stevedonovan on Aug 21, 2016 [–]

Well, totally. Lua and C don't care. A minor change, breaking the strict-subset-of-javascript which is no longer important.

rossy on Aug 21, 2016 | [–]

Well, not really. ES5 allows trailing commas in object literals too.

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