@yuneta/gobj-js 7.22.2 → 7.25.1

package/dist/gobj-js.umd.js

@@ -3690,7 +3690,12 @@
 		return Number(v);
 	}
 	/************************************************************
-	*
+	*  The default comes back AS GIVEN, as in the C kw_get_str()
+	*  (`const char *default_value`, where 0 is NULL). Turned into
+	*  a string, a default of 0 or null was "0" or "null", which is
+	*  TRUE: an `if(value)` on the answer took an absent key for a
+	*  present one. KW_CREATE stores a string default, and null for
+	*  any other, as C stores json_null() for a NULL default.
 	************************************************************/
 	function kw_get_str(gobj, kw, path, default_value, flag) {
 		if (gobj && !is_gobj(gobj)) log_error(`GObj bad instanceof`);
@@ -3700,14 +3705,13 @@
 		const extract = flag && flag & kw_flag_t.KW_EXTRACT;
 		if (v === void 0) {
 			if (create) {
-				let v = String(default_value);
-				kw_set_dict_value(gobj, kw, path, v);
-				return v;
+				kw_set_dict_value(gobj, kw, path, is_string(default_value) ? default_value : null);
+				return default_value;
 			} else if (required) {
 				log_error(`path not found: '${path}'`);
 				trace_json(kw);
 			}
-			return String(default_value);
+			return default_value;
 		}
 		if (extract) kw_delete(gobj, kw, path);
 		if (!is_string(v)) {
@@ -3715,9 +3719,9 @@
 				log_error(`${gobj_short_name(gobj)}: path value MUST BE a string: ${path}`);
 				trace_msg(kw);
 			}
-			return String(default_value);
+			return default_value;
 		}
-		return String(v);
+		return v;
 	}
 	/************************************************************
 	*