Do the JSON keys have to be surrounded by quotes?
json, json5, specifications, standards-compliance
Solution
Yes, you need quotation marks. This is to make it simpler and to avoid having to have another escape method for javascript reserved keywords, ie `{for:"foo"}`.
Problem
Example: Is the following code valid against the JSON Spec? ``` { precision: "zip" } ``` Or should I always use the following syntax? (And if so, why?) ``` { "precision": "zip" } ``` I haven't really found something about this in the JSON specifications. Although they use quotes around their keys in their examples.