json document with $ in property names about jsrender

[BorisMoore]

Yes, this is an issue. It may actually make sense to make a syntax change in JsRender to us a different character for $data, $ctx, $view etc. - e.g. #data, #ctx, #view - to avoid this issue of collisions. I'll be considering the alternatives...

[perosb]

same issue when attributes contain @
f.ex. when using json.net to convert a xml structure it adds @ to all attributes

[BorisMoore]

When JSON is used as an associative array (map), accessing as object[key] then key can be any string. But when accessing as a property: object.propName, then propName cannot include non JavaScript PropertyName characters such as '@'.
JsRender currently assumes valid property names, so will fail if @ is used. I think this is reasonable, and it allows some optimization in rendered templates. Given that, we should at least avoid collisions with valid property names using $, _ etc.

[BorisMoore]

The new version now supports all legal JavaScript name characters including $.