Re: hstore ==> and deprecate =>

David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>

From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>

To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Florian Pflug <fgp@phlo.org>, 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: 2010-07-02T18:39:23Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

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hstore_slice.patch (application/octet-stream) patch

On Jul 2, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Robert Haas wrote:

>>> Yeah, I think the consensus is to avoid picking an operator name at all.
>>> "slice()" is OK by me.
>> 
>> Will this be done for Beta 3?
> 
> You forgot to attach the patch.  :-)

Attached.

Only thing that gave me pause is the presence of the undocumented `slice_array()` function, which is used by the `->` operator. I think I might like to see it renamed `avals(hstore, text[])` if it ever gets documented, as it nicely complements the existing `avals(hstore)` function.

Best,

David