JSON vs Property Lists, Revisited

In a previous post I wrote about How JSON compares to Apple property lists and the obstacles to converting data between them. That was a while ago but the post is still accurate, as far as it goes. But Swift changes the situation in some ways, so an update is in order.
Recap: JSON vs. Property Lists The previous post was motivated by the problems some people encountered trying to download JSON from a server and then save it as a property list.