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Re: hstore ==> and deprecate =>

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Michael Glaesemann <grzm@seespotcode.net>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>
Date: 2010-06-16T23:58:22Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
"David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
> On Jun 16, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Um ... wait a minute.  What happened to backwards compatibility?
>> I thought the idea was to deprecate => for a release or so, not kill it
>> on the spot.

> hstore => text[] is new in 9.0.

Wup, sorry, I read this as being the other operator.  Nevermind ...

(FWIW, I share your dislike of & for this operator.  I just haven't
got a better idea.)

			regards, tom lane