What I mean is that std.json does not seem to be written with such usage mode in mind, it is more about direct DOM manipulation/construction. So probably examples should probably not highlight how bad it is at tasks it is really bad at :P

On Wednesday, 20 November 2013 at 13:29:54 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> What I mean is that std.json does not seem to be written with such usage mode in mind, it is more about direct DOM manipulation/construction. So probably examples should probably not highlight how bad it is at tasks it is really bad at :P

So I was basically wasting my time trying to figure out how to
drive a nail with a screwdriver :o)

On 11/20/13, Craig Dillabaugh <cdillaba@cg.scs.carleton.ca> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 20 November 2013 at 13:29:54 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
>> What I mean is that std.json does not seem to be written with such usage mode in mind, it is more about direct DOM manipulation/construction. So probably examples should probably not highlight how bad it is at tasks it is really bad at :P
>
> So I was basically wasting my time trying to figure out how to drive a nail with a screwdriver :o)
>

But driving a nail with a screwdriver works very well! Or at least it does if you have a large enough screwdriver :P

Regardless, if your looking to avoid the vibe.d dependency, my serialization framework does support JSON, and still has the simple API that vibe.d's module does. https://github.com/Orvid/JSONSerialization

On Wednesday, 20 November 2013 at 13:48:37 UTC, Orvid King wrote:
> On 11/20/13, Craig Dillabaugh <cdillaba@cg.scs.carleton.ca> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 20 November 2013 at 13:29:54 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
>>> What I mean is that std.json does not seem to be written with
>>> such usage mode in mind, it is more about direct DOM
>>> manipulation/construction. So probably examples should probably
>>> not highlight how bad it is at tasks it is really bad at :P
>>
>> So I was basically wasting my time trying to figure out how to
>> drive a nail with a screwdriver :o)
>>
>
> But driving a nail with a screwdriver works very well! Or at least it
> does if you have a large enough screwdriver :P
>
> Regardless, if your looking to avoid the vibe.d dependency, my
> serialization framework does support JSON, and still has the simple
> API that vibe.d's module does.
> https://github.com/Orvid/JSONSerialization

Thanks, I may have a look.

Craig