Add ?, .[]?, and .. operators

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 '|'.

builtin.c

@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ static const char* const jq_builtins[] = {
   "def _assign(paths; value): value as $v | reduce path(paths) as $p (.; setpath($p; $v));",
   "def _modify(paths; update): reduce path(paths) as $p (.; setpath($p; getpath($p) | update));",
   "def recurse(f): ., (f | select(. != null) | recurse(f));",
+  "def recurse_down: recurse(.[]?);",
   "def to_entries: [keys[] as $k | {key: $k, value: .[$k]}];",
   "def from_entries: map({(.key): .value}) | add;",
   "def with_entries(f): to_entries | map(f) | from_entries;",

docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml

@@ -217,6 +217,26 @@ sections:
             input: '{"foo": 42}'
             output: [42]
 
+      - title: "`.foo?`"
+        body: |
+          
+          Just like `.foo`, but does not output even an error when `.`
+          is not an array or an object.
+
+        examples:
+          - program: '.foo?'
+            input: '{"foo": 42, "bar": "less interesting data"}'
+            output: [42]
+          - program: '.foo?'
+            input: '{"notfoo": true, "alsonotfoo": false}'
+            output: ['null']
+          - program: '.["foo"]?'
+            input: '{"foo": 42}'
+            output: [42]
+          - program: '[.foo?]'
+            input: '[1,2]'
+            output: ['[]']
+
       - title: "`.[<string>]`, `.[2]`, `.[10:15]`"
         body: |
           
@@ -234,6 +254,10 @@ sections:
           the array), or omitted (in which case it refers to the start
           or end of the array).
 
+          The `?` "operator" can also be used with the slice operator,
+          as in `.[10:15]?`, which outputs values where the inputs are
+          slice-able.
+
         examples:
           - program: '.[0]'
             input: '[{"name":"JSON", "good":true}, {"name":"XML", "good":false}]'
@@ -286,6 +310,12 @@ sections:
             input: '{"a": 1, "b": 1}'
             output: ['1', '1']
 
+      - title: "`.[]?`"
+        body: |
+          
+          Like `.[]`, but no errors will be output if . is not an array
+          or object.
+
       - title: "`,`"
         body: |
           
@@ -1022,6 +1052,24 @@ sections:
               - '{"foo":[{"foo":[]}]}'
               - '{"foo":[]}'
 
+      - title: `recurse_down`
+        body: |
+          
+          A quieter version of `recurse(.[])`, equivalent to:
+
+              def recurse_down: recurse(.[]?);
+
+      - title: `..`
+        body: |
+          
+          Short-hand for `recurse_down`.  This is intended to resemble
+          the XPath `//` operator.  Note that `..a` does not work; use
+          `..|a` instead.
+
+        examples:
+          - program: '..|.a?'
+            input: '[[{"a":1}]]'
+            output: ['1']
 
       - title: "String interpolation - `\(foo)`"
         body: |

execute.c

@@ -503,7 +503,8 @@ jv jq_next(jq_state *jq) {
       goto do_backtrack;
     }
 
-    case INDEX: {
+    case INDEX:
+    case INDEX_OPT: {
       jv t = stack_pop(jq);
       jv k = stack_pop(jq);
       path_append(jq, jv_copy(k));
@@ -511,7 +512,10 @@ jv jq_next(jq_state *jq) {
       if (jv_is_valid(v)) {
         stack_push(jq, v);
       } else {
-        print_error(jq, v);
+        if (opcode == INDEX)
+          print_error(jq, v);
+        else
+          jv_free(v);
         goto do_backtrack;
       }
       break;
@@ -536,16 +540,18 @@ jv jq_next(jq_state *jq) {
     }
 
     case EACH: 
+    case EACH_OPT: 
       stack_push(jq, jv_number(-1));
       // fallthrough
-    case ON_BACKTRACK(EACH): {
+    case ON_BACKTRACK(EACH):
+    case ON_BACKTRACK(EACH_OPT): {
       int idx = jv_number_value(stack_pop(jq));
       jv container = stack_pop(jq);
 
       int keep_going, is_last = 0;
       jv key, value;
       if (jv_get_kind(container) == JV_KIND_ARRAY) {
-        if (opcode == EACH) idx = 0;
+        if (opcode == EACH || opcode == EACH_OPT) idx = 0;
         else idx = idx + 1;
         int len = jv_array_length(jv_copy(container));
         keep_going = idx < len;
@@ -555,7 +561,7 @@ jv jq_next(jq_state *jq) {
           value = jv_array_get(jv_copy(container), idx);
         }
       } else if (jv_get_kind(container) == JV_KIND_OBJECT) {
-        if (opcode == EACH) idx = jv_object_iter(container);
+        if (opcode == EACH || opcode == EACH_OPT) idx = jv_object_iter(container);
         else idx = jv_object_iter_next(container, idx);
         keep_going = jv_object_iter_valid(container, idx);
         if (keep_going) {
@@ -563,9 +569,12 @@ jv jq_next(jq_state *jq) {
           value = jv_object_iter_value(container, idx);
         }
       } else {
-        assert(opcode == EACH);
-        print_error(jq, jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string_fmt("Cannot iterate over %s",
-                                                          jv_kind_name(jv_get_kind(container)))));
+        assert(opcode == EACH || opcode == EACH_OPT);
+        if (opcode == EACH) {
+          print_error(jq,
+                      jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string_fmt("Cannot iterate over %s",
+                                                        jv_kind_name(jv_get_kind(container)))));
+        }
         keep_going = 0;
       }
 

lexer.l

@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ struct lexer_param;
 "//=" { return SETDEFINEDOR; }
 "<=" { return LESSEQ; }
 ">=" { return GREATEREQ; }
-"."|"="|";"|","|":"|"|"|"+"|"-"|"*"|"/"|"%"|"\$"|"<"|">" { return yytext[0];}
+".." { return REC; }
+"."|"?"|"="|";"|","|":"|"|"|"+"|"-"|"*"|"/"|"%"|"\$"|"<"|">" { return yytext[0];}
 
 "["|"{"|"(" {
   return enter(yytext[0], YY_START, yyscanner);

opcode_list.h

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ OP(LOADV, VARIABLE, 1, 1)
 OP(LOADVN, VARIABLE, 1, 1)
 OP(STOREV, VARIABLE, 1, 0)
 OP(INDEX, NONE,     2, 1)
+OP(INDEX_OPT, NONE,     2, 1)
 OP(EACH,  NONE,     1, 1)
+OP(EACH_OPT,  NONE,     1, 1)
 OP(FORK,  BRANCH,   0, 0)
 OP(JUMP,  BRANCH,   0, 0)
 OP(JUMP_F,BRANCH,   1, 0)

parser.y

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ struct lexer_param;
 %token <literal> FIELD
 %token <literal> LITERAL
 %token <literal> FORMAT
+%token Q "?"
+%token REC ".."
 %token SETMOD "%="
 %token EQ "=="
 %token NEQ "!="
@@ -137,7 +139,11 @@ static block gen_index(block obj, block key) {
   return BLOCK(gen_subexp(key), obj, gen_op_simple(INDEX));
 }
 
-static block gen_slice_index(block obj, block start, block end) {
+static block gen_index_opt(block obj, block key) {
+  return BLOCK(gen_subexp(key), obj, gen_op_simple(INDEX_OPT));
+}
+
+static block gen_slice_index(block obj, block start, block end, opcode idx_op) {
   block key = BLOCK(gen_subexp(gen_const(jv_object())),
                     gen_subexp(gen_const(jv_string("start"))),
                     gen_subexp(start),
@@ -145,7 +151,7 @@ static block gen_slice_index(block obj, block start, block end) {
                     gen_subexp(gen_const(jv_string("end"))),
                     gen_subexp(end),
                     gen_op_simple(INSERT));
-  return BLOCK(key, obj, gen_op_simple(INDEX));
+  return BLOCK(key, obj, gen_op_simple(idx_op));
 }
 
 static block gen_binop(block a, block b, int op) {
@@ -470,6 +476,21 @@ Term:
 '.' {
   $$ = gen_noop(); 
 } |
+REC {
+  $$ = gen_call("recurse_down", gen_noop());
+} |
+Term FIELD '?' {
+  $$ = gen_index_opt($1, gen_const($2));
+} |
+FIELD '?' { 
+  $$ = gen_index_opt(gen_noop(), gen_const($1)); 
+} |
+Term '.' String '?' {
+  $$ = gen_index_opt($1, $3);
+} |
+'.' String '?' {
+  $$ = gen_index_opt(gen_noop(), $2);
+} |
 Term FIELD {
   $$ = gen_index($1, gen_const($2));
 } |
@@ -492,20 +513,35 @@ Term '.' String {
   $$ = gen_noop();
 } | 
 /* FIXME: string literals */
+Term '[' Exp ']' '?' {
+  $$ = gen_index_opt($1, $3); 
+} |
 Term '[' Exp ']' {
   $$ = gen_index($1, $3); 
 } |
+Term '[' ']' '?' {
+  $$ = block_join($1, gen_op_simple(EACH_OPT)); 
+} |
 Term '[' ']' {
   $$ = block_join($1, gen_op_simple(EACH)); 
 } |
+Term '[' Exp ':' Exp ']' '?' {
+  $$ = gen_slice_index($1, $3, $5, INDEX_OPT);
+} |
+Term '[' Exp ':' ']' '?' {
+  $$ = gen_slice_index($1, $3, gen_const(jv_null()), INDEX_OPT);
+} |
+Term '[' ':' Exp ']' '?' {
+  $$ = gen_slice_index($1, gen_const(jv_null()), $4, INDEX_OPT);
+} |
 Term '[' Exp ':' Exp ']' {
-  $$ = gen_slice_index($1, $3, $5);
+  $$ = gen_slice_index($1, $3, $5, INDEX);
 } |
 Term '[' Exp ':' ']' {
-  $$ = gen_slice_index($1, $3, gen_const(jv_null()));
+  $$ = gen_slice_index($1, $3, gen_const(jv_null()), INDEX);
 } |
 Term '[' ':' Exp ']' {
-  $$ = gen_slice_index($1, gen_const(jv_null()), $4);
+  $$ = gen_slice_index($1, gen_const(jv_null()), $4, INDEX);
 } |
 LITERAL {
   $$ = gen_const($1); 

tests/all.test

@@ -127,6 +127,25 @@ null
 {"foo": {"bar": 20}}
 20
 
+[.[]|.foo?]
+[1,[2],{"foo":3,"bar":4},{},{"foo":5}]
+[3,null,5]
+
+[.[]|.foo?.bar?]
+[1,[2],[],{"foo":3},{"foo":{"bar":4}},{}]
+[4,null]
+
+[..]
+[1,[[2]],{ "a":[1]}]
+[[1,[[2]],{"a":[1]}],1,[[2]],[2],2,{"a":[1]},[1],1]
+
+[.[]|.[]?]
+[1,null,[],[1,[2,[[3]]]],[{}],[{"a":[1,[2]]}]]
+[1,[2,[[3]]],{},{"a":[1,[2]]}]
+
+[.[]|.[1:3]?]
+[1,null,true,false,"abcdef",{},{"a":1,"b":2},[],[1,2,3,4,5],[1,2]]
+[null,"bc",[],[2,3],[2]]
 
 #
 # Multiple outputs, iteration