deprecate -big parameter

.github/workflows/node-tests.yml

@@ -37,15 +37,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "got: '${got}'"
           [[ "${got}" == "${exp}" ]]
 
-      - name: Run json-to-go with -big using stdin
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          set -eEuo pipefail
-          got=$(node json-to-go.js -big < tests/double-nested-objects.json)
-          exp=$(cat tests/double-nested-objects.go)
-          echo "got: '${got}'"
-          [[ "${got}" == "${exp}" ]]
-
       - name: Run json-to-go with a file
         shell: bash
         run: |

README.md

@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ Contributions are welcome! Open a pull request to fix a bug, or open an issue to
   cat sample.json | node json-to-go.js
   ```
 
-- Read large JSON file from stdin:
-
-  ```sh
-  node json-to-go.js --big < sample.json
-  cat sample.json | node json-to-go.js --big
-  ```
-
 ### Credits
 
 JSON-to-Go is brought to you by Matt Holt ([mholt6](https://twitter.com/mholt6)).

json-to-go.js

@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ function jsonToGo(json, typename, flatten = true, example = false, allOmitempty
 
 if (typeof module != 'undefined') {
 	if (!module.parent) {
-		let bigstdin = false
 		let filename = null
 
 		function jsonToGoWithErrorHandling(json) {
@@ -518,7 +517,7 @@ if (typeof module != 'undefined') {
 
 			const argument = val.replace(/-/g, '')
 			if (argument === "big")
-				bigstdin = true
+				console.warn(`Warning: The argument '${argument}' has been deprecated and has no effect anymore`)
 			else {
 				console.error(`Unexpected argument ${val} received`)
 				process.exit(1)
@@ -532,7 +531,7 @@ if (typeof module != 'undefined') {
 			return
 		}
 
-		if (bigstdin) {
+		if (!filename) {
 			bufs = []
 			process.stdin.on('data', function(buf) {
 				bufs.push(buf)
@@ -543,12 +542,6 @@ if (typeof module != 'undefined') {
 			})
 			return
 		}
-
-		// read from stdin
-		process.stdin.on('data', function(buf) {
-			const json = buf.toString('utf8')
-			jsonToGoWithErrorHandling(json)
-		})
 	} else {
 		module.exports = jsonToGo
 	}