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What are the advantages and disadvantages of pretty printing JSON?

Pretty printing JSON will tend to make it heavier than those rendered without pretty print. Beyond that I can't think else of something between pretty printing or not.

Let's say you want to provide web services for a public RESTful Web API, will it affect server performance, round-trip time, etc.?

So again, what are the advantages and disadvantages of pretty printing JSON?

Solution

  • Advantages

    1. Easier to read

    Disadvantages

    1. The size of the data will increase
    2. There will be some computational overhead

    Thinking about this for all of 4 more seconds, I can't add any more to those lists! :P