Re: No ~ operator for box, point

On Jan 25, 2007, at 6:26 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
>> On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:59:33PM -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote:
>>> On 1/25/07, Jim C. Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> wrote:
>>>> decibel=# select box '((0,0),(2,2))' ~ point '(1,1)';
>>>> ERROR: operator does not exist: box ~ point
>>>
>>> I don't see a reason, although you can do it with polygon and not
>>> box.
>
> Seems like an old oversight.

Ok. If I ever get some time I'll submit a patch to bring everything
in-line (there's other missing operators as well).

>>> Also, I can't find the ~ operator defined for polygon in the
>>> documentation, am I missing something?
>
> ~ is deprecated, "contains" is preferentially spelled @> now.

Ok, I'll keep that in mind.
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