non-standard json output

[Anthony Goins]

On Tuesday, 4 June 2013 at 21:35:27 UTC, Brian Schott wrote:
> On Tuesday, 4 June 2013 at 20:59:55 UTC, Anthony Goins wrote:
>> Is this a bug?
>>
>> "file" : "/home/anthony/projects/dcomposer/src/printui.d",
>>
>> A line from DMD 2.063 json output.
>>
>> "file" : "\/usr\/include\/d\/gsv\/SourceBuffer.d",
>>
>> A line from an older DMD version. Forward slashes escaped 
>> according to json standard.
>>
>> Hesitant to file a bug report because by the time I see 
>> something it's probably already well known and fixed.
>
> Where does the standard say that forward slashes have to be 
> escaped? It shows in the syntax diagram that you CAN escape it, 
> but there is no requirement to do so as it is a unicode 
> character other than '"' or '\'

     any-Unicode-character-
         except-"-or-\-or-
         control-character
     \"
     \\
     \/
     \b
     \f
     \n
     \r
     \t
     \u four-hex-digits

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