Re: [calsify] WGLC JSCalendar

[Michael Douglass <[e-mail]>]

On 10/28/19 00:55, Neil Jenkins wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2019, at 15:36, Michael Douglass wrote:
>>
>> As for the @path - In section 4.3.3 (version 21) for recurrence 
>> overrrides we have
>>
>>     A pointer in the PatchObject MUST be ignored if it starts with one of
>>     the following prefixes:
>>
>>     o  @type
>> and a bunch more
>
> That's just to do with the application of the patch in this instance, 
> not an inherent attribute of the PatchObject. The PatchObject is used 
> generically in JMAP RFC8620, Section 5.3 
> <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8620#section-5.3>, and it makes no 
> sense for it to have properties that are not patches; that would mean 
> semantically "every key in this object is a patch except if it's this 
> special value", which would be horrible to work with.

Well my experience in implementing it is the reverse. Having the @type 
simplifies things considerably.

However - in the absence of any other input (an invitation for anybody 
else to state an opinion on either side) I'll live with it.

>
> Neil.