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26.3; json-pretty-print of JSON with dict containing 't' as a key causes error

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Henry Minsky <henry.minsky <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 45032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45032: 26.3; json-pretty-print of JSON with dict containing
 't' as a key causes error
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:15:18 +0100

Henry Minsky <henry.minsky <at> gmail.com> writes:

> If you run M-x json-pretty-print on this buffer contents:
>
> {"t": 259}
>
> You get an error
> Bad JSON object key: t
>
> It seems like the json parser is converting the string "t" into the
> symbol t which is being treated specially?

It's unfortunate that `json-read' is being ambiguous here.

true
=> t

{"t": 259}
=> ((t . 259))

So I don't know how to fix this.  We could add another kludge -- saying
that a boolean used as an object key "obviously" should be a string
instead (when converting back to JSON)?  Opinions?

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