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Mention this is similar to, but less bad than, RFC 7396 merge-patch.
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cabo committed Feb 24, 2024
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STD63: utf8
# =: RFC3629
RFC7049: orig
RFC7396: merge
RFC8742: seq
RFC6920: ni
RFC1951: deflate
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use this construct for updating maps by insertion of or
replacement with actual `undefined` member values; `undefined` as a
member value on the left-hand-side map stays untouched though.
This exception is similar to the one JSON Merge Patch {{-merge}} makes
for `null` values, which are however much more commonly used and
therefore more problematic.

* If both left-hand side and right-hand side are one of the string
types (not necessarily the same), the bytes of the left-hand side
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