[Json] Extending JSON Patch (or JSON Pointer) to include indexing into a string

[Mitar <[e-mail]>]

Hi!

I really like JSON Patch with its simplicity, but what I am missing is
that it does not allow expressing a patch to a string itself. So if
you have a long string value (like a text document) and you would like
to describe a patch which modifies a part of such string, currently
you have to provide the whole new string, instead of just a patch to
the string.

So what do people think about supporting a patch (probably by simply
extending JSON Pointer) to allow specifying for JSON like:

{"value": "foobar"}

A patch like:

[
  {"op": "replace", "path": "/value/0-3", "value": "no"}
]

Replacing first three characters with "no' and resulting in:

{"value": "nobar"}

So upper limit would be exclusive. You could also specify "2-" to
select all characters from the 3rd character to the end.

Also, I have no experience with the IETF process on how would one go
about introducing such a change to existing standards.


Mitar

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