[swift-corelibs-dev] [swift-users] I ve found a serious Bug in JSONEncoder (SR-6131) and would like to fix it.

[Jon Shier]

I’m pretty sure JSON isn’t localized, so this isn’t a bug. Using anything but a . as a decimal separator isn’t valid JSON. 


Jon

> On Dec 18, 2017, at 1:04 PM, Jordan Rose via swift-users <swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> (moving to more relevant list)
> 
>> On Dec 18, 2017, at 08:51, Benoit Pereira da silva via swift-users <swift-users at swift.org <mailto:swift-users at swift.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear all
>> 
>> I've found a serious Bug in JSONEncoder SR-6131 <https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-6631> and would like to fix it.
>> This bug cause JSON encoding issues on Double when using a local that does not use dot as decimal separator e.g « fr_FR » (we use a coma)
>> 
>> Demonstration of the issue : 
>> 
>> import Foundation
>> 
>> // Required to call setLocale
>> import Darwin
>> 
>> // Let's set to french
>> setlocale(LC_ALL,"fr_FR")
>>  
>> struct Shot:Codable{
>>     let seconds:Double
>> }
>>  
>> let shot = Shot(seconds: 1.1)
>>  
>> do{
>>     let data = try JSONEncoder().encode(shot)
>>     if let json =  String(data:data, encoding:.utf8){
>>         // the result is : "{"seconds":1,1000000000000001}"
>>         // The decimal separator should not be "," but "."
>>         print(json)
>>     }
>> }catch{
>>     print("\(error)")
>> }
>>  
>> exit(EX_OK)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I would like to propose my fix, test it and, but i’m not mastering the contribution mechanism.
>> 
>> Where should i start? 
>> 
>> I ve forked https://github.com/benoit-pereira-da-silva/swift-corelibs-foundation <https://github.com/benoit-pereira-da-silva/swift-corelibs-foundation>
>> I have a very simple Unit test that demonstrates the issue.
>> 
>> How can i test my 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Benoit Pereira da Silva
>> Ultra Mobile Developer & Movement Activist
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>> https://pereira-da-silva.com <https://pereira-da-silva.com/>
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