Target values are always treated as Strings

[rtempleton]

The output values are always wrapped in quotes including quoted Strings

testcase1.source.json
{"a":1,"d":2}

testcase1.dummy.json
{"c":"hello"}

testcase1.template.json
{
"b":"&$.a",
"c":"&$.c"
}

I would expect
{"b":1,c:"hello"}

but instead we get
{"b":"1",c:""hello""}

2.2 produces the following output - Is there a way to preserve the fact that "b" is a number so shouldn't be quoted?
{"b":"1",c:"hello"}

[rtempleton]

Er, "b" 's value is a number that is...