[
starts an array initializer. Valid entries are values separated by comments. Example:
["one", 2, "three"]
{
starts an object initializer. Valid entries are name/value pairs where each pair is a names in double quotes followed by a colon (:
) followed by any valid value. Examples:
{"name": "value"}
{"name": {}}
{"name": ["one", 2, "three"]}
All of this is covered by the website and the standard.
Your first example is invalid because it’s trying to define a name/value pair where a value is expected (in an array entry).
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solved Which form is valid between starting with square and curly brackets?