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Json gem users take note...
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# Deal with the usual JSON gem idiocy. Guys, come on. I want to serialize an integer, surely this can't be that hard
class Fixnum
def to_json(options = nil)
to_s
end
end
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Alas, it's actually behaving in compliance to the (rather bizarre) spec. See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt?number=4627

Quoted:

A JSON text is a serialized object or array.

  JSON-text = object / array

  A JSON generator produces JSON text.  The resulting text MUST strictly conform to the JSON grammar.

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stefl commented Feb 7, 2011

Reading that I still don't quite understand why I have to turn an integer into a string to get my very basic datamapper model instance to serialize it's Serial ID. It seems from the spec that you're allowed to have integers... Guess I'm being dumb.

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Integers are JSON values, not JSON text. JSON generators are required to output JSON text, which is just objects and arrays. (Yes, it's stupid).

What's the actual code you have that's failing?

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