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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:49:12 -0800
To: Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com>,internals@lists.php.net
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] JSON inclusion in core
From: andi@zend.com (Andi Gutmans)

Hey,

I think having a JSON extension for PHP is a good idea. We have 
written our own implementation in PHP for framework but could 
definitely benefit from a C extension down the road if it gets widely adopted.

My only concern is that this is a very new extension and I haven't 
seen any docs yet. So generally speaking I'd be a +1 but I prefer to 
be able to first review docs, make sure APIs are reasonable and the 
best they can be, and then keep it experimental for a while to make 
sure it's stable (which would have probably been the case anyway).

Andi

At 11:31 AM 1/20/2006, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
>pecl/json is a rather simple extension with no external deps (it 
>bundles the small library it uses).  The JSON format is stable with 
>no real possibility of changing basically by definition, and I see 
>its use exploding this year.  There is also talk to a JSON Request 
>object being added to browsers and if that happens we need to 
>support that natively much like we support url-encoded form data 
>ending up directly in $_POST.  I could see a $_JSON if browsers 
>start sending this.  But, as an initial step how about we bundle 
>pecl/json in the next release?
>
>There is an issue with the fact that it is LGPL'ed.  But perhaps we 
>can work with Omar to put at least the extension part under the PHP 
>license when bundled with PHP.
>
>-Rasmus
>
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