Re: jsonb array-style subscripting

Hi

2015-08-17 21:12 GMT+02:00 Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>:

> On 8/17/15 12:57 PM, Dmitry Dolgov wrote:
>
>> * is it interesting for the community?
>>
>
> We definitely need better ways to manipulate JSON.
>
> * is that a good idea to extend the `ArrayRef` for jsonb? If it's
>> appropriate, probably we can rename it to `ArrayJsonbRef` of something.
>> * what can be improved in the code at the top level (function placement,
>> probably, functionality duplication, etc.)?
>> * are there any special cases, that I should take care of in this
>> implementation?
>>
>
> How would this work when you have a JSON array? Postgres array syntax
> suddenly becoming key/value syntax for JSON seems like a pretty bad idea to
> me. Could a different syntax (maybe {}) be used instead?
>

I don't understand why '{}' should be better than '[]' ?

The lot of modern languages doesn't different between arrays and hash.

Regards

Pavel

>
> I'm not sure having the UPDATE you show cause objects to spring to life is
> so great either.
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