courtesy of [email protected], parse(IO) now handles strings with …

…embedded closing brackets and braces

src/JSON.jl

@@ -90,6 +90,32 @@ function determine_bracket_type(io::IO)
  return (open_bracket, close_bracket)
 end
 
+
+###
+# Consume a string (even if it is invalid), with ack to Douglas Crockford.
+# On entry we must already have consumed the opening quotation double-quotation mark
+# Add the characters of the string to obj
+function consumeString(io::IO, obj::IOBuffer)
+ c = '"'
+
+ # When parsing for string values, we must look for " and \ characters.
+ while (c = read(io, Char)) != '\0'
+ if c == '"'
+ write(obj, c)
+ return
+ end
+ if c == '\\'
+ write(obj, c)
+ c = read(io, Char)
+ if c == '\0'
+ error("EOF while attempting to read a string")
+ end
+ end
+ write(obj, c)
+ end
+ error("EOF while attempting to read a string")
+end
+
 function parse(io::IO)
  open_bracket, close_bracket = determine_bracket_type(io)
  num_brackets_needed = 1
@@ -105,6 +131,8 @@ function parse(io::IO)
  num_brackets_needed += 1
  elseif c == close_bracket
  num_brackets_needed -= 1
+ elseif c == '"'
+ consumeString(io, obj)
  end
  end