Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-appsawg-json-patch-08.txt> (JSON Patch) to Proposed Standard

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In SVN; thanks.


On 15/12/2012, at 4:34 AM, David J. Biesack <David.Biesack@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> "4.4.  move" states
> 
>   The target location MUST NOT be part of the location defined by
>   "from"; i.e., a location cannot be moved into one of its children.
> 
> This constraint is backwards. I.e. to disallow moving into a child, 
> 
> { "op": "move", "from": "/a/b/c", "path": "/a/b/c/d" }
> 
> this should read:
> 
>   The "from" location MUST NOT be a proper prefix of the "path" location;
>   i.e., a location cannot be moved into one of its children.
> 
> I suggest using "proper prefix" instead of just "part of". For example,
> "/a/b/c" is "part of" "q/a/b/c" but such a move should be allowed
> because it is not a proper prefix.
> 
> As currently stated, moving a value UP would be disallowed. Below, the target location is part of the "from" :
> 
> { "op": "move", "from": "/a/b/c/d", "path": "/a/b/c" }
> 
> -- 
> David J. Biesack | Principal API Architect, SAS | @davidbiesack | 919-531-7771 | www.sas.com
> 

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