Re: hstore ==> and deprecate =>

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

To: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.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: 2010-07-02T20:38:06Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:39 PM, David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com> wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, committed - with the exception that I reverted your change to
the title of section F.13.2, which I believe was in error (and
possibly accidental).

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