On 15/12/2012, at 4:27 AM, David J. Biesack <David.Biesack@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Can one add elements of array to an array?
>
> E.g. given the document
>
> { "a" : { "b" : [ "red", "green" ] } }
>
> If I want to add two values to an existing array, I can use
>
> [
> { "op": "add", "path": "/a/b/-", "value": "blue" },
> { "op": "add", "path": "/a/b/-", "value": "yellow" }
> ]
>
> (I found in the examples how an array index is specified in the path, not in a separate "index" member;
> I guess my comments there should be directed at draft-ietf-appsawg-json-pointer-06 )
>
> However, for appending to arrays, I would like to use
>
> [ { "op": "add", "path": "/a/b/-", "value": [ "blue", "yellow" ] } ]
>
> Reading the spec literally, I expect that this will yield
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> { "a" : { "b" : [ "red", "green", [ "blue", "yellow" ] ] } }
Exactly.
> instead of the desired
>
> { "a" : { "b" : [ "red", "green", "blue", "yellow" ] } }
>
> I suggest the semantics of this case should be explicit, to avoid unexpected surprises.
I've added an example to clarify this; thanks.
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