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David Steele <david@pgmasters.net> writes:
> I'm happy to work up a prototype unless the consensus is that we 
> absolutely don't want a second JSON parser in core.

How much code are we talking about?  If the answer is "a few hundred
lines", it's a lot easier to swallow than if it's "a few thousand".

			regards, tom lane