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Re: SQL-spec incompatibilities in similar_escape() and related stuff

Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk>

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From: Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-05-22T04:54:38Z
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>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:

 Robert> But the number of people using out-of-core postfix operators
 Robert> has got to be really tiny -- unless, maybe, there's some really
 Robert> popular extension like PostGIS that uses them.

If there's any extension that uses them I've so far failed to find it.

For the record, the result of my Twitter poll was 29:2 in favour of
removing them, for what little that's worth.

-- 
Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)

Commits

  1. Fix issues around strictness of SIMILAR TO.