JSon return for Smart Playlist and PseudoTV Live

Hello developers,

I am a huge proponent of PTVL Live and would like to find out what is going on with what I understand is a change in Json that severely affects the use of PTVL. For some time now, it has been impossible to get TV shows to parse the “Play shows in order” advanced rule. From what I understand, it was a change made to the JSON library and the way returns are processed? I was wondering if any of the KODI authors would be able to answer a couple questions?
Why was this change made and is there a way to work around this new Smart Playlist limit? Is there any chance that whatever change was made can be reversed in Krypton?

Thanks,
Mark