Why normal json files don't allow comments where as tsconfig.json allow comment?

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We know JSON is a data-only format. Comments in the form // or /* */, are not allowed in JSON.

But how tsconfig.json allow that comment in both formats?

Is there any configuration to allow comments in JSON files for node.js projects?

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Because tsconfig.json is not parsed as pure JSON by the TypeScript compiler (it uses a more lenient parser, parseJsonText).

There is no configuration to allow comments in JSON, because JSON doesn't support comments.

JSON-derived formats such as JSON5 do.

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