Re: 9.4 release notes

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Petr Jelinek <petr(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 9.4 release notes
Date: 2014-05-05 20:17:32
Message-ID: CAM3SWZQba3Cwx5Ma6LYyD7j3kfRrZiOv8O=TkP7fx11m5_zhEQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
> The fact that jsonb maps scalar values to internal postgres types is an
> implementation artefact.

I wouldn't go that far, but I take your point. The fact that the
primitive/scalar JSON types are in a very real sense strongly typed is
a very important detail, though. The fact that what became jsonb is
like a nested, typed hstore has always been prominently emphasized,
for good reasons.

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Peter Geoghegan

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