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# Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
## Known bugs
### Brace initialization yields arrays
!!! question
Why does
```cpp
json j{true};
```
and
```cpp
json j(true);
```
yield different results (`#!json [true]` vs. `#!json true`)?
This is a known issue, and -- even worse -- the behavior differs between GCC and Clang. The "culprit" for this is the library's constructor overloads for initializer lists to allow syntax like
```cpp
json array = {1, 2, 3, 4};
```
for arrays and
```cpp
json object = {{"one", 1}, {"two", 2}};
```
for objects.
!!! tip
To avoid any confusion and ensure portable code, **do not** use brace initialization with the types `basic_json`, `json`, or `ordered_json` unless you want to create an object or array as shown in the examples above.
## Limitations
### Relaxed parsing
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- Can you add an option to ignore trailing commas?
For the same reason this library does not support [comments](#comments), this library also does not support any feature which would jeopardize interoperability.
This library does not support any feature which would jeopardize interoperability.
### Parse errors reading non-ASCII characters
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In most cases, the parser is right to complain, because the input is not UTF-8 encoded. This is especially true for Microsoft Windows where Latin-1 or ISO 8859-1 is often the standard encoding.
## Exceptions
### Parsing without exceptions
!!! question
Is it possible to indicate a parse error without throwing an exception?
Yes, see [Parsing and exceptions](../features/parsing/parse_exceptions.md).
### Key name in exceptions
!!! question
Can I get the key of the object item that caused an exception?
No, this is not possible. See <https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/932> for a longer discussion.
Yes, you can. Please define the symbol [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../features/macros.md#json_diagnostics) to get [extended diagnostics messages](exceptions.md#extended-diagnostic-messages).
## Serialization issues
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The website https://float.exposed gives a good insight into the internal storage of floating-point numbers.
See [this section](../features/types/number_handling.md#number-serialization) on the library's number handling for more information.
## Compilation issues
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- [Michael Hartmann](https://github.com/reFX-Mike)
- [Stefan Hagen](https://github.com/sthagen)
- [Steve Sperandeo](https://github.com/homer6)
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- [Steve Wagner](https://github.com/ciroque)
Thanks everyone!
# JSON for Modern C++
!!! note
This page is under construction.
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