Re: additional json functionality

From: "ktm(at)rice(dot)edu" <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>
Subject: Re: additional json functionality
Date: 2013-11-15 21:46:44
Message-ID: 20131115214644.GJ28440@aart.rice.edu
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On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 01:18:22PM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> I believe this was a danger we recognized when we added the JSON type,
> including the possibility that a future binary type might need to be a
> separate type due to compatibility issues. The only sad thing is the
> naming; it would be better for the new type to carry the JSON name in
> the future, but there's no way to make that work that I can think of.
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
> PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
> http://pgexperts.com
>

What about a GUC for json version? Then you could choose and they
could both be call json.

Regards,
Ken

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