experimental fix: return `JSONValue::Type::Null` as "" (#3336)

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/compiler-core/slang-json-value.cpp b/source/compiler-core/slang-json-value.cpp
index 7a2375f2e..2e1eb6812 100644
--- a/source/compiler-core/slang-json-value.cpp
+++ b/source/compiler-core/slang-json-value.cpp
@@ -572,6 +572,10 @@ UnownedStringSlice JSONContainer::getString(const JSONValue& in)
         {
             return StringRepresentation::asSlice(in.stringRep);
         }
+        case JSONValue::Type::Null:
+        {
+            return UnownedStringSlice();
+        }
         default: break;
     }
    
@@ -609,6 +613,10 @@ UnownedStringSlice JSONContainer::getTransientString(const JSONValue& in)
                 return unquoted;
             }
         }
+        case JSONValue::Type::Null:
+        {
+            return UnownedStringSlice();
+        }
     }
 
     SLANG_ASSERT(!"Not a string type");