Re: hstore ==> and deprecate =>

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: hstore ==> and deprecate =>
Date: 2010-06-11 14:57:42
Message-ID: 7671.1276268262@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>>> Btw., the SQL standard also defines -> for something else, so if you
>>> wanted to be really visionary, you could deprecate that one as an
>>> operator at the same time.
>>
>> Ouch. What does it define it to mean?

> Similar to C: Dereferencing a reference and accessing a member.

But a reference would be a datatype no? So we could just regard that as
an ordinary operator. I don't see a reason why it would conflict with
use of the same operator name for other datatypes (unlike the situation
with =>).

regards, tom lane

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