Re: Boolean operators without commutators vs. ALL/ANY

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Boolean operators without commutators vs. ALL/ANY
Date: 2011-06-13 15:41:40
Message-ID: 20110613154140.GB28357@fetter.org
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 09:01:45AM +0200, Florian Pflug wrote:
> Hm, that's less bulky but more kludgy, I'd say. But wait a minute...
>
> If ANY and ALL are reserved anyway, should it be possible to
> make "(ANY(..) <op> <expr>)" and "(ALL(...) <op> <expr>)"
> work grammar-wise? (Note the enclosing parens)

This would be a very, very useful feature. :)

Cheers,
David.
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