It is clear why I would not want to do this. But I have little choice in the matter.
Will browsers be able to handle this?
Chrome seems to be okay with it:
> var x = {};
> x['a\nb'] = 1;
1
> x
Object
a b: 1
__proto__: Object
> Object.keys(x)
["a
b"]
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Steven Lu
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I guess it's okay, except the consoles might have a hard time displaying that. – John Dvorak Dec 12 '12 at 22:44
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3Any valid string literal can be used as a property name (even an empty string, e.g. `x[''] = 1;`). – Šime Vidas Dec 12 '12 at 22:46
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1http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2940424/valid-javascript-object-property-names – John Dvorak Dec 12 '12 at 22:48
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Yes. Browsers should be able to handle that. You'll just have to use bracket notation to access that property.
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