On Mon, Mar 8, 2021, at 18:11, Mark Dilger wrote:
> > On Mar 8, 2021, at 9:05 AM, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org> wrote:
> >
> > If a N+1 dimension array could easily be unnested to a N dimension array,
> > I would prefer Tom's idea of a 2-D regexp_positions(), since it simple and not controversial.
>
> How about proposing some array functions to go along with the regexp_positions, and then do it that way?
Sounds like a nice solution. That would be a huge win when dealing with multidimensional arrays in general.
Do we have strong support on the list for such a function? If so, I can make an attempt implementing it, unless some more experienced hacker wants to do it.
/Joel