Re: hstore ==> and deprecate =>

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Michael Glaesemann <grzm@seespotcode.net> wrote:
> On Jun 8, 2010, at 15:38 , Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> hm.  any chance of a  shorter operator, like '#'?  I kinda agree that
>>> hstore_in and the operator don't have to be the same, but requiring
>>> three letter token for the two most high traffic operations w/hstore
>>> seems off to me.
>>>
>>> # is currently used for bitwise xor/geo
>>
>> I'm happy to do whatever the consensus is.  I thought it would be
>> easier to remember if the two operators were spelled at least somewhat
>> similarly, but I just work here.
>
> Perhaps
> ->

That's already in use to mean something else.

> Would a colon work?

Nope.

ERROR:  syntax error at or near ":"

> (That's enough bikeshedding for me.)

Test first, then post?  :-)

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