JSON::WithComments is a simple sub-classing of the JSON module that pre-processes the input text to remove any comments. The scrubbed text is then passed to the decode method of the JSON class.

Where the JSON module itself can handle comments in the style of Perl/shell (comments starting with a #) by use of the relaxed method, this module also supports the JavaScript/C++ style of comments, as well.

JSON::WithComments is simple to use:

use JSON::WithComments;

my $content = <<JSON;
/*
 * This is a block-comment in the JavaScript style, the default.
 */
{
    // Line comments are also recognized
    "username" : "rjray",  // As are side-comments
    // This should probably be hashed:
    "password" : "C0mputer!"
}
JSON

my $json = JSON::WithComments->new;
my $hashref = $json->decode($json);

This module builds and installs in the typical Perl fashion:

perl Makefile.PL
make && make test

If all tests pass, you install with:

make install

You may need super-user privileges to install.

Please report any problems or bugs to either the Perl RT or GitHub Issues:

• Perl RT queue for YASF
• GitHub Issues for YASF