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0 pointsmaxiepoo8y ago0 comments

Can you not do the same thing as JSON.parse() in Elm by parsing into an unstructured JSON type?

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Parsing into Json.Encode.Value gives you that Value but no way to work with it except, at later time, using Json.Decode.decodeValue on it. And you're back to specifying decoders...

maxiepooOP8y ago

Seems like you could easily make a library that just parses into some Union type that represents JSON values.

It's likely a design decision to force people that otherwise wouldn't to represent their data in a more structured way.

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mjaniczek8y ago

Parsing into Json.Encode.Value gives you that Value but no way to work with it except, at later time, using Json.Decode.decodeValue on it. And you're back to specifying decoders...

maxiepooOP8y ago

Seems like you could easily make a library that just parses into some Union type that represents JSON values.

It's likely a design decision to force people that otherwise wouldn't to represent their data in a more structured way.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse