From: Jon Seymour Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:25:04 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] JSON/XML output for scripting interface Message-ID: <776480BE-3652-489A-96C9-9312321E49C0@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: On 12/04/2010, at 8:22, Jon Seymour wrote: > > So, would it be worth providing a hint as to record type in the > output_start_object call so that if it was later desired to subsume > line-oriented formats under the same framework, there is enough > information available to the backend to do that? Of course, one way to do this would be to use a more descriptive record name than "entry". This would make the record itself (as opposed to just it's fields) self-describing. The point is, you would want to start using descriptive record names now so that you don't end up locked into a partially context sensitive base of consumers who are expecting their JSON records to be called "entry" and using context hints to infer the actual record type. jon.