simplify operator usage

[bwgjoseph]

Hi,

I was wondering if $in (and maybe some other operator) could further simplify the usage?

// from 
.find({
    $in: {
        search_expr: 'model',
        target_expr: ['767-300F']
        }
}

// to
.find({
    model : {
        $in : ['767-300F']
    }
}

It definitely helps in DX as I would think that search_expr and target_expr are not helping much here and could be abstracted away.

I wasn't quite sure of how the other operators (especially COLLECTION) is used exactly, so not sure if those have special syntax like $in and can be abstracted away

Thanks

[bwgjoseph]

Here's another one

// instead of
{
    $not: [{
        $in : {
            search_expr: 'model',
            target_expr: ['767-300F'],
        }
    }]
}

// maybe
.find({
    model : {
        $nin: ['767-300F']
                // or
        $notIn: ['767-300F']
    }
}

which is in line with the previous $in suggestion

Will continue to list on as I discover more

[AV25242]

so yeah the strong reason for doing it in a way it is today is more aligned with backward compatibility. If this is changed customers on 1.0 will have breaking changes.

[bwgjoseph]

I thought that there are already breaking changes in the API from v1 to v2, so this is actually a good chance to catch the train and make the changes altogether.

[AV25242]

Check the most reason $in v2.0.0-beta.3 released