Why does JSON.parse fail with the empty string? [duplicate]

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As an empty string is not valid JSON it would be incorrect for JSON.parse('') to return null because "null" is valid JSON. e.g. 

JSON.parse("null");

returns null. It would be a mistake for invalid JSON to also be parsed to null.

While an empty string is not valid JSON two quotes is valid JSON. This is an important distinction.

Which is to say a string that contains two quotes is not the same thing as an empty string.

JSON.parse('""');

will parse correctly, (returning an empty string). But 

JSON.parse('');

will not.

Valid minimal JSON strings are

The empty object '{}'

The empty array '[]'

The string that is empty '""'

A number e.g. '123.4'

The boolean value true 'true'

The boolean value false 'false'

The null value 'null'

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