1 files changed, 45 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/reencode.go b/reencode.go
index bcb3932..4c62cfc 100644
--- a/reencode.go
+++ b/reencode.go
@@ -18,13 +18,24 @@ type ReEncoder struct {
 	AllowMultipleValues bool
 
 	// Whether to minify the JSON.
+	//
+	// Trims all whitespace, except that it emits a newline
+	// between two *number* top-level values (or puts a newline
+	// after all top-level values if ForceTrailingNewlines).
+	//
+	// Trims superflous 0s from numbers.
 	Compact bool
 	// String to use to indent; ignored if Compact is true.
+	//
+	// Newlines are emitted *between* top-level values; a newline is
+	// not emitted after the *last* top-level value (unless
+	// ForceTrailingNewlines is on).
 	Indent string
 	// String to put before indents.
 	Prefix string
-	// Whether to emit a newline after each top-level value, even
-	// if it could unambiguously be omitted.
+	// Whether to emit a newline after each top-level value.  See
+	// the comments on Compact and Indent for discussion of how
+	// this is different than the usual behavior.
 	ForceTrailingNewlines bool
 	// Returns whether a given character in a string should be
 	// backslash-escaped.  The bool argument is whether it was
@@ -46,6 +57,7 @@ type ReEncoder struct {
 
 	// state: .handleRune
 	lastNonSpace RuneType
+	wasNumber    bool
 	curIndent    int
 	uhex         [4]byte // "\uABCD"-encoded characters in strings
 	fracZeros    int64
@@ -79,6 +91,10 @@ func (enc *ReEncoder) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	return len(p), nil
 }
 
+// Close does what you'd expect, mostly.
+//
+// The *ReEncoder may continue to be written to with new JSON values
+// if enc.AllowMultipleValues is set.
 func (enc *ReEncoder) Close() error {
 	if enc.bufLen > 0 {
 		return &ReEncodeSyntaxError{
@@ -93,7 +109,7 @@ func (enc *ReEncoder) Close() error {
 		}
 		return enc.err
 	}
-	if err := enc.handleRune(0, 0); err != nil {
+	if err := enc.handleRune(0, RuneTypeError); err != nil {
 		enc.err = &ReEncodeSyntaxError{
 			Err:    err,
 			Offset: enc.inputPos,
@@ -159,6 +175,22 @@ func (enc *ReEncoder) handleRune(c rune, t RuneType) error {
 		enc.lastNonSpace = t
 	}()
 
+	// emit newlines between top-level values
+	if enc.lastNonSpace == RuneTypeEOF {
+		switch {
+		case enc.wasNumber && t.IsNumber():
+			if err := enc.emitByte('\n'); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		case enc.Indent != "" && !enc.Compact:
+			if err := enc.emitByte('\n'); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		default:
+			// do nothing
+		}
+	}
+
 	// shorten numbers
 	switch t { // trim trailing '0's from the fraction-part, but don't remove all digits
 	case RuneTypeNumberFracDot:
@@ -270,16 +302,18 @@ func (enc *ReEncoder) handleRune(c rune, t RuneType) error {
 			rune(enc.uhex[3])<<0
 		return enc.emit(writeStringChar(enc.Out, c, BackslashEscapeUnicode, enc.BackslashEscape))
 
-	case RuneTypeEOF: // start of next top-level value
-		if !enc.ForceTrailingNewlines && (enc.Compact || enc.Indent == "") && !enc.lastNonSpace.IsNumber() {
-			return nil
-		}
-		return enc.emitByte('\n')
-	case RuneTypeError: // .Close()
-		if !enc.ForceTrailingNewlines {
+	case RuneTypeError: // EOF explicitly stated by .Close()
+		fallthrough
+	case RuneTypeEOF: // EOF implied by the start of the next top-level value
+		enc.wasNumber = enc.lastNonSpace.IsNumber()
+		switch {
+		case enc.ForceTrailingNewlines:
+			t = RuneTypeError // enc.lastNonSpace : an NL isn't needed (we already printed one)
+			return enc.emitByte('\n')
+		default:
+			t = RuneTypeEOF // enc.lastNonSpace : an NL *might* be needed
 			return nil
 		}
-		return enc.emitByte('\n')
 	default:
 		return enc.emitByte(byte(c))
 	}