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[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 68 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

I would say JSON Bourne but every member within the curlys needs to be a key value pair, so this isn't JSON.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 10 hours ago

Jake Weary was better

[–] loweffortname@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Technically an empty array [] is valid JSON...so...

Proof:

[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

["🙂"] and [] and "🙂" are valid, but anything within {} needs to be a key value pair.

[–] loweffortname@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 12 hours ago

I genuinely saw [] and not {}...

Maybe I do need to schedule that eye exam.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 0 points 12 hours ago
[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, {} should be [] so it would look something like this:

[""]

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Could double entendre it and do

[["😃", 0],
 [0, "😃"]]

For a JSON Bourne Identity

[–] genzboomer@lemmy.zip 9 points 20 hours ago

He was always very forgetful, Mr. Bourne... and well spotted! 😉