Re: array_lower /array_prepend doubt

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah(at)trade-india(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: array_lower /array_prepend doubt
Date: 2004-02-12 15:10:38
Message-ID: 200402121510.i1CFAcq18481@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> writes:
> > We may need another extension to the array literal syntax in
> > order to deal with this. I'll report back after I've had some time to
> > study it.
>
> There already is support in array_in for specification of the array
> dimensions (though it may be suffering bit rot for lack of use/testing).
> I think the main thing needed is some thought about when array_out
> should print dimensions; we don't want it doing so all the time, for
> both clutter and backwards compatibility reasons. Maybe "whenever any
> lower bound is not 1" would do; or maybe we want to invent a GUC switch
> to control its behavior.

Is this a TODO?

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