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JSON API: document encoding flags (#8157)

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@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ The output format is parameterized by two flags::
encodeDecimalAsString: boolean
encodeInt64AsString: boolean
The suggested defaults for both of these flags is false. If the
intended recipient is written in JavaScript, however, note that the
JavaScript data model will decode these as numbers, discarding data in
some cases; encode-as-String avoids this, as mentioned with respect to
``JSON.parse`` below.
The suggested defaults for both of these flags is false. If the intended
recipient is written in JavaScript, however, note that the JavaScript data
model will decode these as numbers, discarding data in some cases;
encode-as-String avoids this, as mentioned with respect to ``JSON.parse``
below. For that reason, the HTTP JSON API Service uses ``true`` for both flags.
Note that throughout the document the decoding is type-directed. In
other words, the same JSON value can correspond to many DAML-LF values,