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by namecast 4270 days ago
Hrmm. Later on it is explained:

2.1. Values

   A JSON value MUST be an object, array, number, or string, or one of
   the following three literal names:

      false null true
... so what you're receiving is technically a valid JSON value according to the RFC, no?

(I am so sorry for being this pedantic - but that RFC is marked 'informational', it's not actually a standard so much as a suggestion, and even worse, RFC 7159 obsoletes it and is an IETF standards track document - check out http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159. The ambiguity is definitely removed in the updated version.)
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MalcolmDiggs 4270 days ago
If I'm reading it correctly: "null" would be a valid value, but a key/name would still need to be specified. So a blank document with the word "null" on it is invalid because the value of null has no key... but again, I may be reading it wrong.
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sarciszewski 4269 days ago
{"key": null}

vs

null

I'm pretty sure they're both valid.

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