In coding RAMP-TS scripts in JavaScript these code fragments are all standard and equivalent:
x = new Object();
x.a = 1;
x.b = "Hello";
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x = { a : 1, b : "Hello" )
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x = { "a" : 1, "b" : "hello" } <========= which is the JavaScript format that was chosen for use in AJAX-JSON strings.
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x = { };
x["a"] = 1;
x["b"] = "hello";
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x = new Object();
x["a"] = 1;
x["b"] = "hello";
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