Re: SQL99 ARRAY support proposal

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: johnnnnnn <john(at)phaedrusdeinus(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SQL99 ARRAY support proposal
Date: 2003-03-13 18:33:52
Message-ID: 20030313183352.GA19872@dcc.uchile.cl
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On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:00:46PM -0600, johnnnnnn wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:53:15AM -0800, Joe Conway wrote:
> > >>>>implode(text[], text) returns text - join array elements into a
> > >>>>string using given string delimiter
> >
> > I'm open to opinions on implode() -- I only picked implode() because
> > that's what it is called in PHP. Any suggestions?
>
> In both Perl and Python, that type of function is called "join".

Yeah, and join is also consistent with the inverse function being called
"split". IIRC the equivalent function in PHP is explode().

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
Si no sabes adonde vas, es muy probable que acabes en otra parte.

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