[Developers] Getting text language when reflecting

[Scott Meyer]

Philip Kendall wrote:

> Is there a way to do it while still getting any values with types other
> than /type/text? For example, consider...
> 
> {
>   "id": "/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000451473c",
>   "/type/reflect/any_value": [{
>     "value":         null,
>     "link": {
>       "master_property": {
>         "id": null,
>         "schema|=": [
>           "/book/pagination"
>         ]
>       }
>     }
>   }]
> }
> 
> Putting a "/type/text/lang":null clause in there seems to be silently
> ignored.
> 
> I think I can do what I'm after with two clauses, one with
> "type":"/type/text" and one with "type":{"id":"/type/text",
> optional":"forbidden"} if there's no better way.

Unfortunately, this is a MQL bug.  Using two optional
clauses, or two separate queries if the clauses cannot
be optional is the best workaround.

https://bugs.freebase.com/browse/MQL-563

-Scott