Re: Poll: are people okay with function/operator table redesign?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Victor Yegorov <vyegorov(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Poll: are people okay with function/operator table redesign?
Date: 2020-04-20 14:21:14
Message-ID: 11667.1587392474@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Victor Yegorov <vyegorov(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> While table 9.5 with functions looks quite nice, I quite dislike 9.4 with
> operators.
> Previously, I could lookup operator in the leftmost column and read on.
> Right now I have to look through the whole table (well, not really, but
> still) to find the operator.

Aside from the alternatives already discussed, the only other idea
that's come to my mind is to write operator entries in a style like

|| as in: text || text → text
Concatenates the two strings.
'Post' || 'greSQL' → PostgreSQL

Not sure that that's any better, but it is another alternative.

regards, tom lane

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