Re: JSON Function Bike Shedding

On 02/13/2013 12:07 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Feb 13, 2013, at 8:36 AM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
>
>> I don't have any problem getting rid of the json_ prefixes, except for json_agg which I think should keep it (c.f.
string_agg,array_agg). 
> I think that's an unfortunately naming forced on us by the SQL standard, and it doesn't mean we have to use it
anyway.

Regardless of that, I'd prefer to be consistent.




>> I think Merlin's suggestion if unwrap might be good. Or simply "elements()" might work.
> Perhaps unwrap() returns a set and elements() returns an array?


Now you're adding functionality. Let's just keep this to the question of
names.




>> I think this is beyond bikeshedding. Apparently you have missed the existence of json_object_keys().
> Oh, I forgot it returned a set rather than an array. So I suggest:
>
>     values() - Returns an array
>     keys()   - Returns an array
>
> And:
>
>     unwrap() - Returns a set
>     skeys()  - Returns a set
>
> Er, okay, so skeys() sucks alongside the others here. If we were to steal from hstore, these would be:
>
>     svals() - Returns a set
>     skeys() - Returns a set
>     avals() - Returns an array
>     akeys() - Returns an array
>
> I don’t love those, but if we want to follow precedent…


Ditto. I think we're a bit late to be adding functionality.


cheers

andrew