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--></style></head><body lang=ZH-CN style='text-justify-trim:punctuation'><div class=WordSection1><p><span lang=EN-US>Expect that too.</span></p><p><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p style='border:none;padding:0cm'><span lang=EN-US><br></span><b><span style='font-family:SimSun'>发件人</span><span lang=EN-US>: </span></b><span lang=EN-US>Theepan<br></span><b><span style='font-family:SimSun'>发送时间</span><span lang=EN-US>: </span></b><span lang=EN-US>2015</span><span style='font-family:SimSun'>年</span><span lang=EN-US>9</span><span style='font-family:SimSun'>月</span><span lang=EN-US>7</span><span style='font-family:SimSun'>日</span><span lang=EN-US> 9:34<br></span><b><span style='font-family:SimSun'>收件人</span><span lang=EN-US>: </span></b><span lang=EN-US>Erlang Questions Mailing List<br></span><b><span style='font-family:SimSun'>主题</span><span lang=EN-US>: </span></b><span lang=EN-US>[erlang-questions] JSON for STDLIB</span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:SimSun'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:SimSun'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:SimSun'>Team,</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:SimSun'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:SimSun'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:SimSun'>Is there any reason why a JSON library is not included into Erlang/OTP releases? Since it was initially planned for telco systems, it includes ASN.1 library. It has some other transfer-format libraries as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:SimSun'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:SimSun'>Since Erlang is now widely used in internet domain, I believe that inclusion of JSON library under STDLIB is essential. There are many open source variants, but I like Jiffy and Jsx. They support MAPS too.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:SimSun'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:SimSun'>I propose to the stakeholders, to include one of them into the Erlang/OTP package. This will ensure the continuity of the library as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:SimSun'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:SimSun'>I don't think JSON will die very soon, although it is loosely defined. Some times, loose definition is its strength.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:SimSun'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:SimSun'>Theepan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>