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Re: factorial function/phase out postfix operators?

ktm@rice.edu <ktm@rice.edu>

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From: Kenneth Marshall <ktm@rice.edu>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-05-19T13:28:34Z
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> 
> I won't lose a lot of sleep if we decide to rip out '!' as well, but I
> don't think that continuing to support it would cost us much.
> 
+1 for keeping ! and nuking the rest, if possible.

Regards,
Ken

Commits

  1. Remove precedence hacks no longer needed without postfix operators.

  2. Allow most keywords to be used as column labels without requiring AS.

  3. Remove support for postfix (right-unary) operators.

  4. Remove factorial operators, leaving only the factorial() function.

  5. Further refine patch for commenting operator implementation functions.