JSON.stringify and symbols

[Mark S. Miller]

JSON.stringify also skips function-valued properties, which seems even more
weird. I think this is fine as long as it can be overridden by replacers
and resolvers.



On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Jason Orendorff <jason.orendorff at gmail.com
> wrote:

> As specified in the latest draft:
>
> 1. JSON.stringify(symbol) returns undefined.
>
> 2. JSON.stringify([symbol]) returns "[null]".
>
> 3. JSON.stringify(object) skips any symbol-keyed properties on the object.
>
> So far, so good, I guess. A little wonky maybe, but JSON doesn't have
> symbols, so sure.
>
> This struck me as funny though:
>
> 4. JSON.stringify(object) also skips symbol-valued properties.
>
> That is, JSON.stringify({"x": Symbol()}) == "{}". I don't know that
> there's anything more useful it should be doing instead. Thoughts?
>
> -j
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    Cheers,
    --MarkM
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