Re: [Json] Proposed rechartering for the JSON WG

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Mon, 10 February 2014 18:29 UTC

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Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:29:01 -0600
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From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
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Subject: Re: [Json] Proposed rechartering for the JSON WG
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On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:13 PM, John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> wrote:
> Nico Williams scripsit:
>
>> > "buffer"/"size"
>>
>> .buffer.size
>
> Not very general.  What happens when the key is ".foo"?

[This is an FAQ for jq.]

Then you use .[".foo"].

.name is convenient when name is identifier-like, else you must use
.[value], where value would be a string.

Nico
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