Re: jsonb, unicode escapes and escaped backslashes

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: jsonb, unicode escapes and escaped backslashes
Date: 2015-01-27 17:23:41
Message-ID: 20753.1422379421@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> On 01/27/2015 12:24 AM, Noah Misch wrote:
>> +1 for splitting development that way. Fixing the use of escape_json() is
>> objective, but the choices around the warning are more subtle.

> OK, so something like this patch? I'm mildly concerned that you and I
> are the only ones commenting on this.

Doesn't seem to me like this fixes anything. If the content of a jsonb
value is correct, the output will be the same with or without this patch;
and if it's not, this isn't going to really improve matters.

I think coding anything is premature until we decide how we're going to
deal with the fundamental ambiguity.

regards, tom lane

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