Use SYM for *

src/config/normalize/lib/star_dot_path/parsing/node.js

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { ANY_TOKEN } from './special.js'
+
 // Check if at least one node has some ANY tokens
 export const isAnyNodes = function (nodes) {
   return nodes.some(isAnyNode)
@@ -10,12 +12,5 @@ export const isAnyNode = function (node) {
 
 // Check if a token is ANY
 export const isAnyToken = function (token) {
-  return token.type === ANY_TYPE
-}
-
-// Create an ANY token
-export const createAnyToken = function () {
-  return { type: ANY_TYPE }
+  return token === ANY_TOKEN
 }
-
-const ANY_TYPE = 'any'

src/config/normalize/lib/star_dot_path/parsing/parse.js

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { createAnyToken } from './node.js'
 import { pathToNodes } from './path.js'
-import { ESCAPE, SEPARATOR, ANY } from './special.js'
+import { ESCAPE, SEPARATOR, ANY, ANY_TOKEN } from './special.js'
 
 // Parse a query string into an array of nodes.
 // This is similar to JSON paths but:
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ export const parse = function (query) {
         chars = ''
       }
 
-      node.push(createAnyToken())
+      node.push(ANY_TOKEN)
       continue
     }
 

src/config/normalize/lib/star_dot_path/parsing/special.js

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 export const ESCAPE = '\\'
 export const SEPARATOR = '.'
 export const ANY = '*'
+// Tokens for special characters
+export const ANY_TOKEN = Symbol.for('*')
 // Matches any special characters
 export const SPECIAL_CHARS_REGEXP = /[\\.*]/gu