Re: PG 14 release notes, first draft

On 2021-May-12, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> OK, I added it into the existing entry:
>
> <listitem>
> <!--
> Author: Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> 2021-01-31 [676887a3b] Implementation of subscripting for jsonb
> Author: Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> 2021-01-31 [81fcc72e6] Filling array gaps during jsonb subscripting
> Author: Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> 2021-01-31 [aa6e46daf] Throw error when assigning jsonb scalar instead of a com
> -->
>
> <para>
> Allow subscripting of jsonb (Dmitry Dolgov)
> </para>
>
> <para>
> Subscripting can be used to extract from and assign to jsonb documents.
> Subscripting is now extensible so extensions and built-in data type can make use of this.
> </para>
> </listitem>

I dunno, this seems to approach the feature from the specifics rather
than its full generality. I would have said something like

Make subscripting user-extensible for "container" types
<!-- maybe "array-like types" -->

Subscripting JSONB is now integrated in core, and adding user-defined
subscripting for other types is possible.

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