id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 4387 property_tree json_grammar should accept array at root level Dan Teitsort Sebastian Redl "According to http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt?number=4627, section 2: ""A JSON text is a serialized object or array."" However, the implementation of the json_grammar in json_parser_read.hpp does not accept an array at the root level. Rather, it expects an object only. This means read_json cannot successfully parse the following, even though according to rfc4627 it is valid jSON: [""apple"",""orange"",""tomato""] " Bugs closed Boost 1.44.0 property_tree Boost 1.42.0 Problem fixed property_tree json read_json