Adjust pg_parse_json() so that it does not directly ereport().

Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>

Commit: 1f3a021730be98b880d94cabbe21de7e4d8136f5
Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-01-27T16:04:51Z
Releases: 13.0
Adjust pg_parse_json() so that it does not directly ereport().

Instead, it now returns a value indicating either success or the
type of error which occurred. The old behavior is still available
by calling pg_parse_json_or_ereport(). If the new interface is
used, an error can be thrown by passing the return value of
pg_parse_json() to json_ereport_error().

pg_parse_json() can still elog() in can't-happen cases, but it
seems like that issue is best handled separately.

Adjust json_lex() and json_count_array_elements() to return an
error code, too.

This is all in preparation for making the backend's json parser
available to frontend code.

Reviewed and/or tested by Mark Dilger and Andrew Dunstan.

Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CA+TgmoYfOXhd27MUDGioVh6QtpD0C1K-f6ObSA10AWiHBAL5bA@mail.gmail.com

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