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		logician76 on Oct 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ECMA-404: The JSON Data Interchange Format [pdf] So the standard says a valid JSON text complies to the JSON value grammar. So a valid JSON text can be just one JSON value, like a number or true or false.. however JSON linters always say they expect a { or [ ... who is right?

logician76 on Oct 11, 2013 [–]

http://jsonlint.com/ expects [ or { first. http://zaach.github.io/jsonlint/ does not and seems to comply to the standard as I interpret it.

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