Re: Deprecating postfix and factorial operators in PostgreSQL 13

Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>

From: Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, John Naylor <john.naylor@2ndquadrant.com>, Vik Fearing <vik@postgresfriends.org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Date: 2020-08-27T17:07:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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> On Aug 27, 2020, at 9:16 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> 
> Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com> writes:
>> The deprecation warnings included in this patch warn that postfix operator support, along with both postfix ! and prefix !! factorial operators, will be removed in PostgreSQL 14.
> 
> The operator docs should say "use factorial() instead", or words to
> that effect.
> 
> 			regards, tom lane

Yes, that is better.  Attached.

Commits

  1. Mark factorial operator, and postfix operators in general, as deprecated.