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 '|'.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/builtin.c b/builtin.c
index ddf66d00..e60fa85b 100644
--- a/builtin.c
+++ b/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;",