Fixing JSON

Both vivid and accurate.

In order to combat trailing commas I normally place the comma on the following line, e.g.

    { "time": "3 minutes past four"
    , "age": 229
    , "sex": "monoecious species"
    , "appearance": "Tree-like.  It's a tree."
    }

    uint8_t *data    // Yada
          , *buffer  // Ya
          ;

    var javascript
      , variable = 6
      , declarations = [ "This is taking too long", "Yep" ]
      , mix = [ "Flour", "Sugar", "Water" ]
      , types = { 'old'     : (d) => { return d < new Date }
                , 'new'     : (d) => { return d > new Date }
                , 'borrowed': (o) => { return false }
                , 'blue'    : (c) => { return true }
                }
      , regularly = new Date().toISOString()
      ;
    

Ah okay, so you're that guy whose code I have to reformat in every new job.

Which to be honest is what matters. However I would imagine that a lot of the problem grokking it is due to not being used to it.

Of course don't commit reformats where it diverges from the codebase.

  , "age": 229
  , "appearance": "Tree-like.  It's a tree."
  , "sex": "monoecious species"
  { "time": "3 minutes past four"
  }

  {
    "age": 229,
    "appearance": "Tree-like.  It's a tree.",
    "sex": "monoecious species",
    "time": "3 minutes past four",
  }

    {
    , "age": 229
    , "appearance": "Tree-like.  It's a tree."
    , "sex": "monoecious species"
    , "time": "3 minutes past four"
    }

http://www.ioccc.org/2015/endoh1/prog.c

It looks easier for me; I'm far more likely to notice a missing comma.

But I'm sure you must have a valid point, if you would elucidate?

edit: I was wrong: http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/ANSI-C-grammar-y.html#initialize...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12368022

  { a, b
  , c
  ...
  , z
  };