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NO. The issue is that you are expecting a JSON object and could end up with (function(){ postCookiesToHostileServer(); }()); or even nastier stuff in the context of Node.

Yaur
– Yaur

2014-04-15 21:56:38 +00:00
Commented Apr 15, 2014 at 21:56
Well JSON.parse scrubs the input of functions (which in this case would not help as its an IIF --> object). It seems the best way to go about this subject is try/catch. (See edit)

Cody
– Cody

2014-04-24 21:11:43 +00:00
Commented Apr 24, 2014 at 21:11

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