Re: Basic JSON support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: Basic JSON support
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Msg-id 4CAA6A89.4080508@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: Basic JSON support  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> But having said that, I wonder whether bison/flex are really the best
> tool for the job in the first place.  From what I understand of JSON
> (which admittedly ain't much) a bison parser seems like overkill:
> it'd probably be both bloated and slow compared to a simple handwritten
> recursive-descent parser.

This appears not to be necessary.  The author of JSONval has indicated
that, should we choose to include it in PostgreSQL 9.1, he is open to
re-licensing.

So on a completely *technical* basis, do we want to use JSONval?

--                                  -- Josh Berkus                                    PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
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