Object cannot be used as value in query?

[mhagmajer]

ask {
  query {
    firstName1: { a:1 }
    firstName2: ({ a:1 })
  }
}

Returned object is empty, but { "a": 1 } was expected

[mhagmajer]

@czerwinskilukasz1 what do you think about it? Does it make sense to mix the query and value semantics like this? Where should we place a border between query and regular value expression?

[czerwinskilukasz1]

I am for allowing this kind of syntax. Why do we permit strings or ints but would forbid dictionaries?
@mhagmajer , did you do research why it doesn't work? Is it parser or askcode/askvm?

[YonatanKra]

Adding this test case here:

// TODO :: should we make this work?
  // it(`should return an object`, async function () {
  //   const expectedObjectValue = {
  //     objectReturned: values.objectValue,
  //   };
  //
  //   const queryForAnObjectValue = `query(node('objectReturned',f(object('a',call(get('get'),'objectValue')))))`;
  //
  //   await expect(ask(queryForAnObjectValue)).resolves.toStrictEqual(
  //     expectedObjectValue
  //   );
  // });