open-source-parsers / open-source-parsers/jsoncpp
Possibility of aligning ":" in output
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Description
To use json files in a context where human readability makes sense, it's nice to have "name : value" pairs aligned on ":" at least within one object.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating jsoncpp's JSON serialization or writer entry point and review the existing issue discussion. The requested behavior is to align each object's name/value separator on a colon for human-readable JSON output; done means object members are aligned without changing the JSON data.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100