Re: JSON in 9.2 - Could we have just one to_json() function instead of two separate versions ? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> Let me just point out two things. First, we are approaching a beta release.
> The time for changing this is long since gone, IMNSHO.

This is our last chance to get it right, so that argument doesn't seem
to me to carry a lot of weight ...

> Second, RFC 4627 is absolutely clear: a valid JSON value can only be an
> object or an array, so this thing about converting arbitrary datum values
> to JSON is a fantasy. If anything, we should adjust the JSON input routines
> to disallow anything else, rather than start to output what is not valid
> JSON.

... but this one does.
        regards, tom lane