On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 4:35 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@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 :) ------ Regards, Alexander Korotkov
