Stringify throws if the value isn't an Object

[tobiasandersen]

If I do JSON5.stringify(json) when json doesn't have Object.prototype, it will fail. I can work around it by doing something like:

if (!(json instanceof Object)) {
  json = { ...json }
}

JSON5.stringify(json)

But I feel like this library should be able to stringify JSON structures event if they aren't Objects. If you don't agree, feel free to close this.

[jordanbtucker]

JSON5 is able to stringify objects, arrays, strings, numbers, Booleans, and nulls. Anything else, including functions and symbols, should return undefined. It should only throw when you have a circular reference or when the replacer argument is truthy but neither function nor array.

What are you passing into stringify that is causing it to throw, and what is the error message?

[tobiasandersen]

Here's an example: https://jsfiddle.net/j1156ewj/1/

[jordanbtucker]

I see where the error is now. Thanks.

I might patch this soon if it's an easy fix, but in the meantime, you could use JSONext. It supports JSON5 syntax but also supports Unicode keys and includes some ES6 features. It doesn't suffer from this bug as you can see in this updated example: https://jsfiddle.net/j1156ewj/2/

[tobiasandersen]

Thanks! I've worked around it already, just thought I'd let you know.

[jordanbtucker]

Fixed in 35269da.