diff --git a/activesupport/CHANGELOG b/activesupport/CHANGELOG
index 63ca49bec4d85..368989877e036 100644
--- a/activesupport/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activesupport/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Refactor ActiveSupport::JSON to be less obtuse.  Add support for JSON decoding by way of Syck with ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(json_string).  Prevent hash keys that are JavaScript reserved words from being unquoted during encoding.  [Sam Stephenson]
+
 * alias_method_chain preserves the original method's visibility.  #7854 [Jonathan Viney]
 
 * Update Dependencies to ignore constants inherited from ancestors. Closes #6951. [Nicholas Seckar]
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/blank.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/blank.rb
index f7fbea3e89c8a..80feaf5cc6c92 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/blank.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/blank.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-class Object #:nodoc:
+class Object 
   # "", "   ", nil, [], and {} are blank
-  def blank?
+  def blank? #:nodoc:
     if respond_to?(:empty?) && respond_to?(:strip)
       empty? or strip.empty?
     elsif respond_to?(:empty?)
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/extending.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/extending.rb
index 8a82f71c0fa61..08159094104fa 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/extending.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/extending.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-class Object #:nodoc:
-  def remove_subclasses_of(*superclasses)
+class Object
+  def remove_subclasses_of(*superclasses) #:nodoc:
     Class.remove_class(*subclasses_of(*superclasses))
   end
 
-  def subclasses_of(*superclasses)
+  def subclasses_of(*superclasses) #:nodoc:
     subclasses = []
     ObjectSpace.each_object(Class) do |k|
       next unless # Exclude this class unless
@@ -16,23 +16,23 @@ def subclasses_of(*superclasses)
     subclasses
   end
   
-  def extended_by
+  def extended_by #:nodoc:
     ancestors = class << self; ancestors end
     ancestors.select { |mod| mod.class == Module } - [ Object, Kernel ]
   end
   
-  def copy_instance_variables_from(object, exclude = [])
+  def copy_instance_variables_from(object, exclude = []) #:nodoc:
     exclude += object.protected_instance_variables if object.respond_to? :protected_instance_variables
     
     instance_variables = object.instance_variables - exclude.map { |name| name.to_s }
     instance_variables.each { |name| instance_variable_set(name, object.instance_variable_get(name)) }
   end
   
-  def extend_with_included_modules_from(object)
+  def extend_with_included_modules_from(object) #:nodoc:
     object.extended_by.each { |mod| extend mod }
   end
 
-  def instance_values
+  def instance_values #:nodoc:
     instance_variables.inject({}) do |values, name|
       values[name[1..-1]] = instance_variable_get(name)
       values
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def instance_values
   end
   
   unless defined? instance_exec # 1.9
-    def instance_exec(*arguments, &block)
+    def instance_exec(*arguments, &block) #:nodoc:
       block.bind(self)[*arguments]
     end
   end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb
index d82bb929a246b..ea893c54b814b 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb
@@ -43,21 +43,12 @@ def with_options(options)
     yield ActiveSupport::OptionMerger.new(self, options)
   end
   
-  # Dumps object in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation).  See www.json.org for more info.
-  #
-  #   Account.find(1).to_json
-  #   => "{attributes: {username: \"foo\", id: \"1\", password: \"bar\"}}"
-  #
-  def to_json
-    ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(self)
-  end
-
   # A duck-type assistant method. For example, ActiveSupport extends Date
   # to define an acts_like_date? method, and extends Time to define
   # acts_like_time?. As a result, we can do "x.acts_like?(:time)" and
   # "x.acts_like?(:date)" to do duck-type-safe comparisons, since classes that
   # we want to act like Time simply need to define an acts_like_time? method.
   def acts_like?(duck)
-    respond_to? :"acts_like_#{duck}?"
+    respond_to? "acts_like_#{duck}?"
   end
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
index 2f6ae284bfc30..eee2e46865991 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
@@ -480,18 +480,18 @@ def const_missing(class_id)
   end
 end
 
-class Object #:nodoc:
+class Object
   
   alias_method :load_without_new_constant_marking, :load
   
-  def load(file, *extras)
+  def load(file, *extras) #:nodoc:
     Dependencies.new_constants_in(Object) { super(file, *extras) }
   rescue Exception => exception  # errors from loading file
     exception.blame_file! file
     raise
   end
 
-  def require(file, *extras)
+  def require(file, *extras) #:nodoc:
     Dependencies.new_constants_in(Object) { super(file, *extras) }
   rescue Exception => exception  # errors from required file
     exception.blame_file! file
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json.rb
index d1203bd21bdb1..6c828293e8deb 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json.rb
@@ -1,48 +1,31 @@
-require 'active_support/json/encoders'
+require 'active_support/json/encoding'
+require 'active_support/json/decoding'
 
 module ActiveSupport
-  module JSON #:nodoc:
-    class CircularReferenceError < StandardError #:nodoc:
-    end
-    
-    # A string that returns itself as as its JSON-encoded form.
-    class Variable < String #:nodoc:
-      def to_json
-        self
-      end
-    end
-    
-    # When +true+, Hash#to_json will omit quoting string or symbol keys
-    # if the keys are valid JavaScript identifiers.  Note that this is
-    # technically improper JSON (all object keys must be quoted), so if
-    # you need strict JSON compliance, set this option to +false+.
-    mattr_accessor :unquote_hash_key_identifiers
-    @@unquote_hash_key_identifiers = true
+  module JSON
+    RESERVED_WORDS = %w(
+      abstract      delete        goto          private       transient
+      boolean       do            if            protected     try
+      break         double        implements    public        typeof
+      byte          else          import        return        var
+      case          enum          in            short         void
+      catch         export        instanceof    static        volatile
+      char          extends       int           super         while
+      class         final         interface     switch        with
+      const         finally       long          synchronized
+      continue      float         native        this
+      debugger      for           new           throw
+      default       function      package       throws
+    ) #:nodoc:
 
     class << self
-      REFERENCE_STACK_VARIABLE = :json_reference_stack
-      
-      def encode(value)
-        raise_on_circular_reference(value) do
-          Encoders[value.class].call(value)
-        end
+      def valid_identifier?(key) #:nodoc:
+        key.to_s =~ /^[[:alpha:]_$][[:alnum:]_$]*$/ && !reserved_word?(key)
       end
-      
-      def can_unquote_identifier?(key)
-        return false unless unquote_hash_key_identifiers
-        key.to_s =~ /^[[:alpha:]_$][[:alnum:]_$]*$/
+
+      def reserved_word?(key) #:nodoc:
+        RESERVED_WORDS.include?(key.to_s)
       end
-      
-      protected
-        def raise_on_circular_reference(value)
-          stack = Thread.current[REFERENCE_STACK_VARIABLE] ||= []
-          raise CircularReferenceError, 'object references itself' if
-            stack.include? value
-          stack << value
-          yield
-        ensure
-          stack.pop
-        end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/decoding.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/decoding.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..60003a94e53fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/decoding.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+require 'yaml'
+require 'strscan'
+
+module ActiveSupport
+  module JSON
+    class ParseError < StandardError
+    end
+    
+    class << self
+      # Converts a JSON string into a Ruby object.
+      def decode(json)
+        YAML.load(convert_json_to_yaml(json))
+      rescue ArgumentError => e
+        raise ParseError, "Invalid JSON string"
+      end
+      
+      protected
+        # Ensure that ":" and "," are always followed by a space
+        def convert_json_to_yaml(json) #:nodoc:
+          scanner, quoting, marks = StringScanner.new(json), false, []
+
+          while scanner.scan_until(/(['":,]|\\.)/)
+            case char = scanner[1]
+            when '"', "'"
+              quoting = quoting == char ? false : char
+            when ":", ","
+              marks << scanner.pos - 1 unless quoting
+            end
+          end
+          
+          if marks.empty?
+            json
+          else
+            ranges = ([0] + marks.map(&:succ)).zip(marks + [json.length])
+            ranges.map { |(left, right)| json[left..right] }.join(" ")
+          end
+        end  
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index c3e3619f59f95..0000000000000
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-module ActiveSupport
-  module JSON #:nodoc:
-    module Encoders
-      mattr_accessor :encoders
-      @@encoders = {}
-
-      class << self        
-        def define_encoder(klass, &block)
-          encoders[klass] = block
-        end
-        
-        def [](klass)
-          klass.ancestors.each do |k|
-            encoder = encoders[k]
-            return encoder if encoder
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/encoders/*.rb'].each do |file|
-  require file[0..-4]
-end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/core.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/core.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f6cdfbcde5e6f..0000000000000
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/core.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-module ActiveSupport
-  module JSON #:nodoc:
-    module Encoders #:nodoc:
-      define_encoder Object do |object|
-        object.instance_values.to_json
-      end
-      
-      define_encoder TrueClass do
-        'true'
-      end
-      
-      define_encoder FalseClass do
-        'false'
-      end
-      
-      define_encoder NilClass do
-        'null'
-      end
-
-      ESCAPED_CHARS = {
-        "\010" =>  '\b',
-        "\f" =>    '\f',
-        "\n" =>    '\n',
-        "\r" =>    '\r',
-        "\t" =>    '\t',
-        '"' =>     '\"',
-        '\\' =>    '\\\\'
-      }
-      
-      define_encoder String do |string|
-        '"' + string.gsub(/[\010\f\n\r\t"\\]/) { |s|
-          ESCAPED_CHARS[s]
-        }.gsub(/([\xC0-\xDF][\x80-\xBF]|
-                 [\xE0-\xEF][\x80-\xBF]{2}|
-                 [\xF0-\xF7][\x80-\xBF]{3})+/nx) { |s|
-          s.unpack("U*").pack("n*").unpack("H*")[0].gsub(/.{4}/, '\\\\u\&')
-        } + '"'
-      end
-      
-      define_encoder Numeric do |numeric|
-        numeric.to_s
-      end
-      
-      define_encoder Symbol do |symbol|
-        symbol.to_s.to_json
-      end
-
-      define_encoder Enumerable do |enumerable|
-        "[#{enumerable.map { |value| value.to_json } * ', '}]"
-      end
-      
-      define_encoder Hash do |hash|
-        returning result = '{' do
-          result << hash.map do |key, value|
-            key = ActiveSupport::JSON::Variable.new(key.to_s) if 
-              ActiveSupport::JSON.can_unquote_identifier?(key)
-            "#{key.to_json}: #{value.to_json}"
-          end * ', '
-          result << '}'
-        end
-      end
-
-      define_encoder Regexp do |regexp|
-        regexp.inspect
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/enumerable.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/enumerable.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..150d233939cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/enumerable.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module Enumerable
+  def to_json #:nodoc:
+    "[#{map { |value| ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(value) } * ', '}]"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/false_class.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/false_class.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..78524e2a03562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/false_class.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class FalseClass
+  def to_json #:nodoc:
+    'false'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3654e10b2e2ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class Hash
+  def to_json #:nodoc:
+    returning result = '{' do
+      result << map do |key, value|
+        key = ActiveSupport::JSON::Variable.new(key.to_s) if 
+          ActiveSupport::JSON.can_unquote_identifier?(key)
+        "#{ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(key)}: #{ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(value)}"
+      end * ', '
+      result << '}'
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/nil_class.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/nil_class.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..98bb6fb677154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/nil_class.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class NilClass
+  def to_json #:nodoc:
+    'null'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/numeric.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/numeric.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5d9b2eea9e17f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/numeric.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class Numeric
+  def to_json #:nodoc:
+    to_s
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/object.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/object.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..51852e17cb2fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/object.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class Object
+  # Dumps object in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation).  See www.json.org for more info.
+  #
+  #   Account.find(1).to_json
+  #   => "{attributes: {username: \"foo\", id: \"1\", password: \"bar\"}}"
+  #
+  def to_json
+    ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(instance_values)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/regexp.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/regexp.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a3f32eafa267b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/regexp.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class Regexp
+  def to_json #:nodoc:
+    inspect
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/string.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/string.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..707298d987551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/string.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module ActiveSupport
+  module JSON
+    module Encoding
+      ESCAPED_CHARS = {
+        "\010" =>  '\b',
+        "\f" =>    '\f',
+        "\n" =>    '\n',
+        "\r" =>    '\r',
+        "\t" =>    '\t',
+        '"' =>     '\"',
+        '\\' =>    '\\\\'
+      }
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+class String
+  def to_json #:nodoc:
+    '"' + gsub(/[\010\f\n\r\t"\\]/) { |s|
+      ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding::ESCAPED_CHARS[s]
+    }.gsub(/([\xC0-\xDF][\x80-\xBF]|
+             [\xE0-\xEF][\x80-\xBF]{2}|
+             [\xF0-\xF7][\x80-\xBF]{3})+/nx) { |s|
+      s.unpack("U*").pack("n*").unpack("H*")[0].gsub(/.{4}/, '\\\\u\&')
+    } + '"'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/symbol.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/symbol.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..57291e5448b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/symbol.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class Symbol
+  def to_json #:nodoc:
+    ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(to_s)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/true_class.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/true_class.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f652f8bb54b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/true_class.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class TrueClass
+  def to_json #:nodoc:
+    'true'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..babb65a92473c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+require 'active_support/json/variable'
+
+require 'active_support/json/encoders/object' # Require this file explicitly for rdoc
+Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/encoders/**/*.rb'].each { |file| require file[0..-4] }
+
+module ActiveSupport
+  module JSON
+    # When +true+, Hash#to_json will omit quoting string or symbol keys
+    # if the keys are valid JavaScript identifiers.  Note that this is
+    # technically improper JSON (all object keys must be quoted), so if
+    # you need strict JSON compliance, set this option to +false+.
+    mattr_accessor :unquote_hash_key_identifiers
+    @@unquote_hash_key_identifiers = true
+
+    class CircularReferenceError < StandardError
+    end
+
+    class << self
+      REFERENCE_STACK_VARIABLE = :json_reference_stack #:nodoc:
+
+      # Converts a Ruby object into a JSON string.
+      def encode(value)
+        raise_on_circular_reference(value) do
+          value.send(:to_json)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def can_unquote_identifier?(key) #:nodoc:
+        unquote_hash_key_identifiers && 
+          ActiveSupport::JSON.valid_identifier?(key)
+      end
+
+      protected
+        def raise_on_circular_reference(value) #:nodoc:
+          stack = Thread.current[REFERENCE_STACK_VARIABLE] ||= []
+          raise CircularReferenceError, 'object references itself' if
+            stack.include? value
+          stack << value
+          yield
+        ensure
+          stack.pop
+        end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/variable.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/variable.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..325ac9b7a6e1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/variable.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module ActiveSupport
+  module JSON
+    # A string that returns itself as as its JSON-encoded form.
+    class Variable < String
+      def to_json
+        self
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/builder/blankslate.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/builder/blankslate.rb
index 23b95170d9c73..57701d87137f3 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/builder/blankslate.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/builder/blankslate.rb
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ def method_added(name)
   end
 end
 
-class Object #:nodoc:
+class Object
   class << self
     alias_method :blank_slate_method_added, :method_added
 
     # Detect method additions to Object and remove them in the
     # BlankSlate class.
-    def method_added(name)
+    def method_added(name) #:nodoc:
       blank_slate_method_added(name)
       return if self != Object
       Builder::BlankSlate.hide(name)
diff --git a/activesupport/test/json/decoding_test.rb b/activesupport/test/json/decoding_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..77253b6dad6a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/test/json/decoding_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../abstract_unit'
+
+class TestJSONDecoding < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  TESTS = {
+    %({"returnTo":{"/categories":"/"}})        => {"returnTo" => {"/categories" => "/"}},
+    %({returnTo:{"/categories":"/"}})          => {"returnTo" => {"/categories" => "/"}},
+    %({"return\\"To\\":":{"/categories":"/"}}) => {"return\"To\":" => {"/categories" => "/"}},
+    %({"returnTo":{"/categories":1}})          => {"returnTo" => {"/categories" => 1}},
+    %({"returnTo":[1,"a"]})                    => {"returnTo" => [1, "a"]},
+    %({"returnTo":[1,"\\"a\\",", "b"]})        => {"returnTo" => [1, "\"a\",", "b"]},
+    %([])    => [],
+    %({})    => {},
+    %(1)     => 1,
+    %("")    => "",
+    %("\\"") => "\"",
+    %(null)  => nil,
+    %(true)  => true,
+    %(false) => false
+  }
+  
+  def test_json_decoding
+    TESTS.each do |json, expected|
+      assert_nothing_raised do
+        assert_equal expected, ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(json)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/test/json.rb b/activesupport/test/json/encoding_test.rb
similarity index 77%
rename from activesupport/test/json.rb
rename to activesupport/test/json/encoding_test.rb
index 0274dd073a65f..149d11ce0f317 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/json.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/json/encoding_test.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/abstract_unit'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../abstract_unit'
 
-class Foo
-  def initialize(a, b)
-    @a, @b = a, b
+class TestJSONEncoding < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  class Foo
+    def initialize(a, b)
+      @a, @b = a, b
+    end
   end
-end
 
-class TestJSONEmitters < Test::Unit::TestCase
   TrueTests     = [[ true,  %(true)  ]]
   FalseTests    = [[ false, %(false) ]]
   NilTests      = [[ nil,   %(null)  ]]
@@ -70,9 +70,14 @@ def test_exception_raised_when_encoding_circular_reference
   end
   
   def test_unquote_hash_key_identifiers
-    values = {0 => 0, 1 => 1, :_ => :_, "$" => "$", "a" => "a", :A => :A, :A0 => :A0, "A0B" => "A0B"}    
-    assert_equal %({"a": "a", 0: 0, "_": "_", 1: 1, "$": "$", "A": "A", "A0B": "A0B", "A0": "A0"}), values.to_json
-    unquote(true) { assert_equal %({a: "a", 0: 0, _: "_", 1: 1, $: "$", A: "A", A0B: "A0B", A0: "A0"}), values.to_json }
+    values = {0 => 0, 1 => 1, :_ => :_, "$" => "$", "a" => "a", :A => :A, :A0 => :A0, "A0B" => "A0B"}
+    assert_equal %w( "$" "A" "A0" "A0B" "_" "a" 0 1 ), object_keys(values.to_json)
+    unquote(true) { assert_equal %w( $ 0 1 A A0 A0B _ a ), object_keys(values.to_json) }
+  end
+  
+  def test_unquote_hash_key_identifiers_ignores_javascript_reserved_words
+    values = {"hello" => "world", "this" => "that", "with" => "foo"}
+    unquote(true) { assert_equal %w( "this" "with" hello ), object_keys(values.to_json) }
   end
   
   protected
@@ -84,4 +89,8 @@ def unquote(value)
       ActiveSupport::JSON.unquote_hash_key_identifiers = previous_value if block_given?
     end
     
+    def object_keys(json_object)
+      json_object[1..-2].scan(/([^{}:,\s]+):/).flatten.sort
+    end
+    
 end