On 11/16/2013 10:30 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote: > On Nov 16, 2013, at 12:04 PM, Hannu Krosing <ha...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > >> Then perhaps name the "new binary json" as jsob (JavaScript Object Binary) >> or just jsobj (JavaScript Object) and keep current json for what it is, >> namely >> JavaScript Object Notation. > It’s still input and output as JSON, though. Yes, because JavaScript Object Notation *is* a serialization format (aka Notation) for converting JavaScript Objects to text format and back :) > I still like JSONB best. To me it feels redundant, like binarytextbinary
the binary representation of JSON is JavaScript(-like) Object, not "binary json" So my vote would be either jsobj or jsdoc (as "document databases") tend to call the structured types "documents" Cheers -- Hannu Krosing PostgreSQL Consultant Performance, Scalability and High Availability 2ndQuadrant Nordic OÜ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers