Use JSON if Available

[sferik]

If JSON is available, use it instead of YAML (for perfs).

[laserlemon]

Out of curiosity, why use YAML in the first place?

[sferik]

@laserlemon I specifically designed gems to have no dependencies and JSON isn't part of stdlib in Ruby < 1.9.

[laserlemon]

Ahh, yeah I thought that might be the case once I looked over the gemspec more carefully. And when I saw that Faraday was nowhere to be found. Cool, I dig it. Is JSON much more performant?

[sferik]

Yes. It's smaller over the wire and should be faster to parse.

[sunnyrjuneja]

Is this is still an endeavor worth pursuing? Are people still using this gem?

[sferik]

This gem gets about 600 downloads per week, so yes, it is still being used. Are you interested in implementing this feature?

[sunnyrjuneja]

Yes! Anything I should know before starting? I can also take care of #16 at the same time.