Re: [PATCH] Generalized JSON output functions

Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> I have already pointed out how this patch is fundamentally broken. You can
> achieve your aims by a fairly small amount of code inside your logical
> decoder, and with no core code changes whatsoever. So I'm puzzled why we are
> even still debating this broken design.

I went through all your responses over the entire thread and I couldn't
find your argument about how this is fundamentally broken.  Can you
restate, or maybe give an archive link if I just missed it?


(Saying "but it changes so much of the existing code" is not really a
fundamental problem to me.  I mean, it's not like the existing code is
perfect and needs no changes.)

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