Yes, maybe they should. The only drawback I see is that 'json-read' then

needs to accept an optional parameter, which is the JSON key of the

current element.

A revised patch implementing your suggestion is attached.

Benchmarks follow below, with the usual setup!

Before the patch:

(benchmark-run 100 (json-read-from-string huge-json))

     ⇒ (18.782874379000003 1007 5.674178575000008)

After the patch:

(benchmark-run 100 (json-read-from-string huge-json))

     ⇒ (18.233328517999997 1007 4.907621599000008)

-- Simen