Fix deletion using assigning empty against arrays (fix jqlang#2051)

src/builtin.jq

@@ -12,24 +12,24 @@ def add: reduce .[] as $x (null; . + $x);
 def del(f): delpaths([path(f)]);
 def _assign(paths; $value): reduce path(paths) as $p (.; setpath($p; $value));
 def _modify(paths; update):
- reduce path(paths) as $p (.;
+ reduce path(paths) as $p ([., []];
  . as $dot
  | null
  | label $out
- | ($dot | getpath($p)) as $v
+ | ($dot[0] | getpath($p)) as $v
  | (
  ( $$$$v
  | update
  | (., break $out) as $v
  | $$$$dot
- | setpath($p; $v)
+ | setpath([0] + $p; $v)
  ),
  (
  $$$$dot
- | delpaths([$p])
+ | setpath([1]; .[1] + [$p])
  )
  )
- );
+ ) | . as $dot | $dot[0] | delpaths($dot[1]);
 def map_values(f): .[] |= f;
 
 # recurse

tests/jq.test

@@ -1048,6 +1048,11 @@ def inc(x): x |= .+1; inc(.[].a)
 {"a":[{"b":5}]}
 {"a":[{"c":3,"b":5}]}
 
+# #2051, deletion using assigning empty against arrays
+(.[] | select(. >= 2)) |= empty
+[1,5,3,0,7]
+[1,0]
+
 .[2][3] = 1
 [4]
 [4, null, [null, null, null, 1]]