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AFAIK, there is no way to update storage types(ex: can't add a new record field to a Map<sp.Nat, sp.record(a=1)>) of a contract after deployment. (Correct me if I'm wrong). This means, after a contract is deployed later on, the only way to add additional storage is to rely on encoding the data in JSON or to have it live under a different contract. Are there any other alternatives?

Is the main downside to using JSON for storage the expense in parsing/unparsing and saving/resaving of the JSON string blob? Perhaps if the JSON blob isn't too big it's not a big deal?

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Parsing and unparsing json seems totally impractical.

You’re correct in your assumption. You cannot change the type of the storage. You could use a map so that fields are replaced by keys (supposing you want to add a field of a known type).

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  • that's a good point. using several maps to handle various known types would work and is way better than JSON
    – JJJ
    Apr 10, 2021 at 8:21
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    An alternative is to have a map whose values are a variant type with the different possibilities. See the Chainlink oracle template for an example. Please let me say that simplicity is an important factor anyhow; you should not over engineer your design.
    – FFF
    Apr 10, 2021 at 12:27

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