Subj : Re: Serializing JavaScript in spidermonkey
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Chris Zumbrunn <chris@deployzone.com>
Date : Wed Dec 31 2003 09:12 am

Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net> wrote:

> Marcello Bastea-Forte wrote:
> 
> > Hey,
> > 
> > I'd like to serialize a javascript object to a file, and I was wondering 
> > if anyone has done this, and if there was any 'best' way to do it.
> 
> In my experience there is no best way, because what hides behind a JS 
> object can't be expressed in a literal form in the JS language, in full.

Douglas Crockford's JSON wouldn't do the job? 

http://www.crockford.com/JSON/index.html

Chris

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