| From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com (Robert Haas), Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: hstore ==> and deprecate => |
| Date: | 2010-06-09 17:15:17 |
| Message-ID: | E8BAC8F7-8659-47D0-8E6D-756EECB4B6AF@kineticode.com |
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On Jun 9, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I actually like :> pretty well. It looks more like =>, and has nice correspondence to := for named function params.
>
> Colon was removed from the set of allowed operator-name characters years
> ago. There are conflicts with various usages (ecpg & psql variables).
> This is actually a place where the current := behavior could cause some
> issues, though I'm not aware of any at the moment.
Oh, that's a shame.
In that case, how about:
'foo' >> 'bar'
Best,
David
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