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Echo json #5215

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@web-sst web-sst commented Aug 12, 2024

Add -quoting json option to echo. This converts each argument to a json string and joins on newline. It supports this, for example:

echo -quoting json -to-shell-script 'jq -n "[inputs] ..."' %val{selections}

A script can obtain potentially large sets of strings, like selections, as input rather than environment.

Format each argument as a json string and join on newline
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web-sst commented Aug 12, 2024

A coincident merge makes this PR conflict with src/string_utils.hh. In addition, json.hh now includes string_utils.hh, complicating my changes. I think the way to fix is to break out a quoting.hh from string_utils.hh, but I'd appreciate guidance from someone more familiar with the code.

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mawww commented Aug 14, 2024

I am not sure how much value json quoting has in the first place as we still only emit a list of strings. I would like to see a use case where using the existing mechanisms is much more cumbersome before adding this.

You can, for example, trivially get the list of strings in "$@" with echo -quoting shell -to-shell-script 'set -- $(cat); ...'

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web-sst commented Aug 14, 2024

I just opened an updated PR (#5217) that is compatible with current master. I'll respond over there.

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