Re: making the backend's json parser work in frontend code

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: making the backend's json parser work in frontend code
Date: 2020-01-16 23:15:40
Message-ID: 15570.1579216540@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> It's possible that we're chasing a real problem here, and if there's
> something we can agree on and get done I'd rather do that than argue,
> but I am still quite suspicious that there's no actually serious
> technical problem here.

It's entirely possible that you're right. But if this is a file format
that is meant to be exposed to user tools, we need to take a very long
view of the requirements for it. Five or ten years down the road, we
might be darn glad we spent extra time now.

regards, tom lane

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