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		kazinator on Sept 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YAML is not a superset of JSON Some things in the world of JSON depend on order, too. There is a Microsoft way of indicating the type of an object using a key that must be first in the JSON syntax.

seba_dos1 on Sept 11, 2024 [–]

Same situation as above - a JSON parser that ignores order is a valid JSON implementation.

kazinator on Sept 11, 2024 | [–]

And such a parser could work with that convention. However, if its complementary formatter printed the objects such that that type field doesn't appear first, it wouldn't be correctly implementing the specification.

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