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Meme transcription: Panel 1. Two images of JSON, one is the empty object, one is an object in which the key name maps to the value null. Caption: “Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture”

Panel 2. The Java backend dev answers, “They’re the same picture.”

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[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That’s what undefined is for

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Undefined is not part of JSON specification. It’s also not a thing in Java.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah my bad, it would still require the java dev to leave the keys out

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair, just because obj.foo is undefined, that doesn’t mean the key is missing. It could also be assigned the value undefined. const obj = { foo: undefined } vs const obj = {}