To import a module now use:
# Import module.jq file:
import "relative/path/to/module" as foo;
# Use the module's defs as foo::<def-name>
To import a JSON file:
# Read file.json:
import "relative/path/to/file" as $foo;
#
# Use as $foo::foo
Using `-L` now drops the builtin library path and appends the requested
path to the empty array (or the result of an earlier `-L`).
Support for the `$JQ_LIBRARY_PATH` environment variable has been
removed.
This is to fix the problem where `break` is dynamic, not lexical.
With this it should be possible to do this sort of thing:
label $break | inputs | if ... then $break|error else . end
This is a backwards-incompatible change for master, but the previous
`break` hadn't shipped yet.
Still needed:
- testing
Close #446.
Currently tested by disassembling and tracing various recursive jq
programs by hand under valgrind. An improved test framework that
can test for errors and specific bytecode patterns is in
development.
Make XPath-like `//a/b` recursive structure traversal easier in jq,
which then becomes:
..|.a?.b?
The `?` operator suppresses errors about . not being an array or object.
The `..` operator is equivalent to calling the new `recurse_down`
built-in, which in turn is equivalent to
recurse(.[]?)
Note that `..a` is not supported; neither is `...a`. That could be add
added, but it doesn't seem worth the trouble of saving the need to type
a '|'.
