note 96955 deleted from function.json-encode by danbrown

Note Submitter: pgraham at NOADDR dot sitebrand dot NOADDR dot com ---- RE: spam at dvlpt dot com While it is true that eval() is often poorly, JSON is one case where it is exactly what you need. eval() is NOT slow when it is used to turn a JSON string into a useable object. If you don't believe you can look at the jQuery source. The line they use is: data = window['eval']('(' + data + ')'); which is effectively an eval(). The only reason to not use eval() directly is to perform validation on a JSON string. If the string comes from a server that you trust (ie. one you control), eval() is the method to use.