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JSON is RFC8259

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Search the project documentation for the RFC7159 reference. Update that reference to RFC8259, then check the documentation for any remaining outdated RFC7159 references.

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Description

I expect

JSON to be RFC8259

Instead

Docs references RFC7159

Dominant language
Python
Stars
30
Forks
15
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No merged PRs in 30d

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