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299 points DataOverload | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 17:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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zarzavat ◴[18 Oct 24 17:35 UTC] No.41881657[source]▶
Why is the path a string and not an array? That means you have to have some way to escape / in keys, and also you need to parse the path string. Parser in parser syndrome. Or otherwise it can't handle arbitrary JSON documents.
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1. lilyball ◴[18 Oct 24 19:54 UTC] No.41882889[source]▶
Probably because JSON Patch was "influenced by" XML Patch.