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Support for escaping dots in key #324

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@arielpontes

Consider the following dictionary (which is also valid JSON):

 my_dict = {"props": {"data.value": [{"name": "Ariel"}]}}

How can I access the value "Ariel" here? I tried jmespath.search("props.data.value[0].name") and jmespath.search("props.data\.value[0].name") but none of these options worked. In the documentation I didn't find any information regarding customizing the dot notation (perhaps using double-underscore instead, although that could also be found inside a key). Is there any way to handle such a situation?

If not, shouldn't there be? Escaping dots within keys with backslashes is the most natural solution that comes to my mind.

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