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by yepperino 3596 days ago
Unquoted keywords are valid ES5.1 object properties.

    alert(JSON.stringify({delete: "me", for: 1, var: 2}));
results in:

    {"delete":"me","for":1,"var":2}
The only browser it does not work in is IE8 and earlier.
1 comments

JSON significantly predates ES 5.1