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pkg/yqlib/doc/Traverse.md

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ b: *cat
 ```
 then
 ```bash
-yq eval '.b[]' sample.yml
+yq eval '.b.[]' sample.yml
 ```
 will output
 ```yaml
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ foobar:
 ```
 then
 ```bash
-yq eval '.foobar[]' sample.yml
+yq eval '.foobar.[]' sample.yml
 ```
 will output
 ```yaml
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ foobar:
 ```
 then
 ```bash
-yq eval '.foobarList[]' sample.yml
+yq eval '.foobarList.[]' sample.yml
 ```
 will output
 ```yaml

pkg/yqlib/operator_traverse_path_test.go

@@ -137,15 +137,7 @@ var traversePathOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 	{
 		description: "Traversing aliases with splat",
 		document:    `{a: &cat {c: frog}, b: *cat}`,
-		expression:  `.b[]`,
-		expected: []string{
-			"D0, P[b c], (!!str)::frog\n",
-		},
-	},
-	{
-		skipDoc:    true,
-		document:   `{a: &cat {c: frog}, b: *cat}`,
-		expression: `.b.[]`,
+		expression:  `.b.[]`,
 		expected: []string{
 			"D0, P[b c], (!!str)::frog\n",
 		},
@@ -217,17 +209,7 @@ var traversePathOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 	{
 		description: "Splatting merge anchors",
 		document:    mergeDocSample,
-		expression:  `.foobar[]`,
-		expected: []string{
-			"D0, P[foobar c], (!!str)::foo_c\n",
-			"D0, P[foobar a], (!!str)::foo_a\n",
-			"D0, P[foobar thing], (!!str)::foobar_thing\n",
-		},
-	},
-	{
-		skipDoc:    true,
-		document:   mergeDocSample,
-		expression: `.foobar.[]`,
+		expression:  `.foobar.[]`,
 		expected: []string{
 			"D0, P[foobar c], (!!str)::foo_c\n",
 			"D0, P[foobar a], (!!str)::foo_a\n",
@@ -278,18 +260,7 @@ var traversePathOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 	{
 		description: "Splatting merge anchor lists",
 		document:    mergeDocSample,
-		expression:  `.foobarList[]`,
-		expected: []string{
-			"D0, P[foobarList b], (!!str)::bar_b\n",
-			"D0, P[foobarList a], (!!str)::foo_a\n",
-			"D0, P[foobarList thing], (!!str)::bar_thing\n",
-			"D0, P[foobarList c], (!!str)::foobarList_c\n",
-		},
-	},
-	{
-		skipDoc:    true,
-		document:   mergeDocSample,
-		expression: `.foobarList.[]`,
+		expression:  `.foobarList.[]`,
 		expected: []string{
 			"D0, P[foobarList b], (!!str)::bar_b\n",
 			"D0, P[foobarList a], (!!str)::foo_a\n",
@@ -341,6 +312,14 @@ var traversePathOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 			"D0, P[a 2], (!!str)::c\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:    true,
+		document:   `{a: [a,b,c]}`,
+		expression: `.a.[0]`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[a 0], (!!str)::a\n",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		skipDoc:    true,
 		document:   `{a: [a,b,c]}`,

pkg/yqlib/path_tokeniser.go

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ func initLexer() (*lex.Lexer, error) {
 	lexer.Add([]byte(`\(`), literalToken(OpenBracket, false))
 	lexer.Add([]byte(`\)`), literalToken(CloseBracket, true))
 
+	// lexer.Add([]byte(`\.\[\]`), pathToken(false)) // traverseCollect(false)
 	lexer.Add([]byte(`\.\[`), literalToken(TraverseArrayCollect, false))
 	lexer.Add([]byte(`\.\.`), opToken(RecursiveDescent))
 
@@ -215,6 +216,8 @@ func initLexer() (*lex.Lexer, error) {
 
 	lexer.Add([]byte(`\s*\|=\s*`), opTokenWithPrefs(Assign, nil, &AssignOpPreferences{true}))
 
+	// lexer.Add([]byte(`\.\[-?[0-9]+\]`), arrayIndextoken(true)) // traverseCollect(true)
+
 	lexer.Add([]byte("( |\t|\n|\r)+"), skip)
 
 	lexer.Add([]byte(`d[0-9]+`), documentToken())