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authoremkornfield <emkornfield@gmail.com>2020-01-09 10:56:35 -0800
committerWouter van Oortmerssen <aardappel@gmail.com>2020-01-09 10:56:34 -0800
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Document JSON compatibility guarantees. (#5704)
https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/issues/5688
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(see the schema documentation for some specifics on the JSON format
accepted).
+Schema evolution compatibility for the JSON format follows the same rules as the binary format (JSON formatted data will be forwards/backwards compatible with schemas that evolve in a compatible way).
+
There are two ways to use text formats:
#### Using the compiler as a conversion tool