| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: patch: to_string, to_array functions |
| Date: | 2010-08-09 21:36:09 |
| Message-ID: | 201008092136.o79La9h15547@momjian.us |
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David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Aug 9, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>
> >> My first thought is that we should go back to the string_to_array and
> >> array_to_string names. The key reason not to use those names was the
> >> conflict with the old functions if you didn't specify a third argument,
> >> but where is the advantage of not specifying the third argument? It
> >> would be a lot simpler for people to understand if we just said "the
> >> two-argument forms work like this, while the three-argument forms work
> >> like that". This is especially reasonable because the difference in
> >> behavior is about nulls in the array, which is exactly what the third
> >> argument exists to specify.
> >>
> >> [ Sorry for not complaining about this before, but I was on vacation
> >> when the previous naming discussion went on. ]
> >
> > I can live with that, as long as it's clearly explained in the docs.
>
> +1
+1
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