json: don't reserve an id when not using it

[nit.git] / lib / json / serialization_write.nit

diff --git a/lib/json/serialization_write.nit b/lib/json/serialization_write.nit
index eeb30ff..d591b2e 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/json/serialization_write.nit
+++ b/lib/json/serialization_write.nit
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@ redef class Serializable
        # which is used by all the serialization engines, not just JSON.
        protected fun accept_json_serializer(v: JsonSerializer)
        do
-               var id = v.cache.new_id_for(self)
                v.stream.write "\{"
                v.indent_level += 1
                if not v.plain_json then
+                       var id = v.cache.new_id_for(self)
                        v.new_line_and_indent
                        v.stream.write "\"__kind\": \"obj\", \"__id\": "
                        v.stream.write id.to_s