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Validator: v.array() weird experience

See original GitHub issue

import { Hono } from "hono";
import { validator } from "hono/validator";

const app = new Hono();

app.post(
	"/",
	validator(
		(v) => ({
			response: v.object("response", (v1) => ({
				content: v1.json("content").isOptional().isLength({ max: 2000 }),
				embeds: v1
					.array("embeds", (v2) => ({
						title: v2.json("title").isOptional(),
						description: v2.json("description").isOptional(),
						url: v2.json("url").isOptional(),
						timestamp: v2.json("timestamp").isOptional(),
						color: v2.json("color").asNumber().isOptional(),
						author: v2
							.object("embeds.[*].author", (v3) => ({
								name: v3.json("name").isOptional(),
								url: v3.json("url").isOptional(),
								icon_url: v3.json("icon_url").isOptional(),
							}))
							.isOptional(),
						footer: v2
							.object("embeds.[*].footer", (v3) => ({
								text: v3.json("text").isOptional(),
								icon_url: v3.json("icon_url").isOptional(),
							}))
							.isOptional(),
						image: v2
							.object("embeds.[*].image", (v3) => ({
								url: v3.json("url").isOptional(),
							}))
							.isOptional(),
						thumbnail: v2
							.object("embeds.[*].thumbnail", (v3) => ({
								url: v3.json("url").isOptional(),
							}))
							.isOptional(),
						fields: v2
							.array("embeds.[*].fields", (v3) => ({
								name: v3.json("name"),
								value: v3.json("value"),
								inline: v3.json("inline").isOptional().asBoolean(),
							}))
							.isOptional(),
					}))
					.isOptional(),
				flags: v1.json("flags").isOptional().asNumber(),
			})),
		}),
		{
			done: (res) => {
				if (res.hasError) {
					return new Response(res.messages.join("\n"), { status: 400 });
				}
			},
		}
	),
	(c) => {
		return Response.json(c.req.valid());
	}
);

app.notFound(() => {
	return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
})

export default app;

Issues:

1. I have to use fields: v2.array("embeds.[*].fields") despite the fact it’s already under embeds - if you don’t it incorrectly looks under response. #683
2. v.array() won’t accept an empty array - even with it being marked as isOptional, the validator will error. This also occurs when null is provided. #690
3. "Invalid Value [64]: the JSON body \"response.flags\" is invalid - should be \"number[]\"" - this is not under an array field - it should not be counted as an array? It turns out this can be fixed by putting response.flags before response.embeds in the validator - this is odd. #680