Can't use Json keys with dots in it

[rlgde-vs]

Since the library uses dot notation to get into the different levels within a JSON file, if a key in JSON file has a dot, it can't find it or at least the syntax to get it is not clear.

Workaround could be to pre-process JSON file to substitute "." with "dot" for example, but would like to keep it as is since some key values correspond to modelica variables coming from other models and would like to keep traceability.

Best would be to have a way to get it, like "myKey.'key.with.dot'.another_key" for example.

[beutlich]

Confirmed, that is unfortunate. What about escapring the literal dot by dot or backslash, i.e. "myKey.key..with..dot.another_key" or "myKey.key\\.with\\.dot.another_key"?

[rlgde-vs]

It doesn't seem to currently work either. For now I'll try to do a workaround trying to avoid the dots in the JSON keys, but would be good if we could have that feature in the future.

[beutlich]

Would it be helpful to you if any other character than dot can be configured as key separator?

[rlgde-vs]

ideally would be good to have the dot, since it comes directly from modelica models variables, which have the dot notation to refer to objects at different levels. any other character would always imply changing the models or pre-process the json files anyway.

[beutlich]

Modelica also has single-quoted strings, e.g. myKey.'key.with.dot'.another_key, which could be another option to think about.