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Map-Set.prototype.toJSON

An ECMAScript proposal. Currently at Stage 0.

This proposal was brought before the committee in the March 2016 meeting, and thoroughly rejected. Details

Problem

Here is the current situation:

var s = new Set(['yo', 'ya', true, 8]);

console.log(JSON.stringify(s)); // '{}'

This result is unhelpful. Same goes for Map.

Proposal

This proposal is about providing a sensible default to the common operation of JSON serialization via default toJSON implementations on Set.prototype and Map.prototype. Of course, userland code can always shadow this value on specific instances.

Map.prototype.toJSON

The essence of the proposal is captured in this snippet (spec in markdown or HTML):

Map.prototype.toJSON = function toJSON() {
  return [...Map.prototype.entries.call(this)];
}

Set.prototype.toJSON

The essence of the proposal is captured in this snippet (spec in markdown or HTML):

Set.prototype.toJSON = function toJSON() {
  return [...Set.prototype.values.call(this)];
}

Discussion

There might be a web compat concern if code using native Map and Set or polyfill relies on the current JSON.stringify behavior.

Licence

This work is dedicated to the public domain. It is CC0 licenced.

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