On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 4:35 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> wrote:
> On 2021-Jan-21, Alexander Korotkov wrote:
>
> > Requiring strict mode for ** is a solution, but probably too restrictive...
> >
> > What do you think about making just subsequent accessor after ** not
> > to unwrap arrays. That would be a bit tricky to implement, but
> > probably that would better satisfy the user needs.
>
> Hmm, why is it too restrictive? If the user needs to further drill into
> the JSON, can't they chain json_path_query calls, specifying (or
> defaulting to) lax mode for the part doesn't include the ** expression?
For sure, there are some walkarounds. But I don't think all the
lax-mode queries involving ** are affected. So, it might happen that
we force users to use strict-mode or chain call even if it's not
necessary. I'm tending to just fix the doc and wait if there are mode
complaints :)
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Regards,
Alexander Korotkov