Re: deprecating =>, take two
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-06-21T17:24:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes: > Barring vigorous objections, I will apply these tomorrow so that we > can consider deprecating => as an operator name in 9.1, for better > compliance with the SQL standard. Two documentation comments: 1. Perhaps, rather than > + The <literal>=></> operator is deprecated and may be removed in a > + future release. The use of the <literal>hstore(text, text)</literal> > + function is recommended as an alternative. write > + The <literal>=></> operator is deprecated and will be removed in a > + future release. Use the <literal>hstore(text, text)</literal> > + function instead. in particular, s/may/will/ and avoid passive voice in the second sentence. 2. The 8.4 and 8.3 doc patches should include this same paragraph. regards, tom lane