class ChefCLI::PolicyfileLock

def canonicalize(attributes)

input will cause an InvalidPolicyfileAttribute exception.
Recursive, so absurd nesting levels could cause a SystemError. Invalid

IEEE 754-2008
numerics should be in range [-(2**53)+1, (2**53)-1] to comply with
- +/- Infinity and NaN are banned, but float/numeric size aren't checked.
IEEE 754-2008 binary64 (double precision) numbers.
- We allow floats that fit within the range/precision requirements of
- String encoding stuff isn't normalized
In particular:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Canonical_JSON but not quite as strict, yet.
Generates a canonical JSON representation of the attributes. Based on 
def canonicalize(attributes)
  unless attributes.is_a?(Hash)
    raise "Top level attributes must be a Hash (you gave: #{attributes})"
  end
  canonicalize_elements(attributes)
end