@yuneta/gobj-js 7.25.0 → 7.25.1

package/dist/gobj-js.cjs.js

@@ -3687,7 +3687,12 @@ function kw_get_real(gobj, kw, path, default_value, flag) {
 	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`);
@@ -3697,14 +3702,13 @@ function kw_get_str(gobj, kw, path, default_value, flag) {
 	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: '${path}'`);
 			trace_json(kw);
 		}
-		return String(default_value);
+		return default_value;
 	}
 	if (extract) kw_delete(gobj, kw, path);
 	if (!is_string(v)) {
@@ -3712,9 +3716,9 @@ function kw_get_str(gobj, kw, path, default_value, flag) {
 			log_error(`${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;
 }
 /************************************************************
 *