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 '|'.
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Nicolas Williams committed 2014-02-20 15:33:07 -06:00
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{"foo": {"bar": 20}}
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[.[]|.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]]
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