On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 6:33 PM Alexander Korotkov <aekorot...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 :)
The patch, which clarifies this situation in the docs is attached. I'm going to push it if no objections. ------ Regards, Alexander Korotkov
jsonpath-double-star-lax-docs.patch
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