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Re: JSON for PG 9.2

Claes Jakobsson <claes@surfar.nu>

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From: Claes Jakobsson <claes@surfar.nu>
To: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Jan Urbański <wulczer@wulczer.org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Joey Adams <joeyadams3.14159@gmail.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>
Date: 2011-12-20T18:39:54Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Dec 20, 2011, at 12:39 AM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2011, at 2:49 AM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> 
>> My understanding is that JSON is a subset of ECMAscript
> 
> Well, no, JSON is formally “a lightweight data-interchange format.” It’s derived from JavaScript syntax, but it is not a programming language, so I wouldn’t say it was accurate to describe it as a subset of JS or ECMAScript.
> 
>  http://json.org/

Are people explicitly asking for a) *JSON* datatype or b) a type that lets you store arbitrary complex semi-untyped data structures?

if b) then this might get a lot more interesting

Cheers,
Claes