json

JSON serialization and deserialization.

Functions

to_str value

Serializes a Do value to a JSON string.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
value		the value to serialize

Returns: str -- JSON string

Type mapping:

Do Type	JSON Type
nil	null
bool	boolean
int	number
float	number
str	string
sym	string (symbol name)
array	array
dict	object

assert_eq (to_str 42) "42"
assert_eq (to_str "hello") "\"hello\""
assert_eq (to_str nil) "null"

from_str json

Deserializes a JSON string to a Do value.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
json	str	JSON string to parse

Returns: The parsed Do value.

Errors: Raises an error if the JSON is invalid.

Type mapping:

JSON Type	Do Type
null	nil
boolean	bool
integer	int
float	float
string	str
array	array
object	dict

assert_eq (from_str "null") nil
assert_eq (from_str "42") 42
assert_eq (from_str "[1, 2, 3]") [1, 2, 3]

let obj = from_str "{\"name\": \"Alice\", \"age\": 30}"
assert_eq $obj["name"] "Alice"
assert_eq $obj["age"] 30