Re: hstore ==> and deprecate =>

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: hstore ==> and deprecate =>
Date: 2010-06-16 23:37:07
Message-ID: CB30C0B3-FE29-4157-9A6C-EEA34FC321D8@kineticode.com
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On Jun 16, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Robert Haas wrote:

>> Put me down for +>.
>
> Since there are no other votes for that option (or, indeed, any other
> option), I'm going to go with my original instinct and change hstore
> => text[] to hstore & text[]. Patch to do that is attached.

Damn. My other argument is that & looks like boolean or bitwise AND, so the return of an hstore might be unexpected. +> looks more like an arrow (sort of).

But it doesn't much matter, as long as it works.

Best,

David

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