Re: Sigh, another contrib/cube and contrib/seg problem

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Sigh, another contrib/cube and contrib/seg problem
Date: 2005-06-27 02:00:27
Message-ID: 20050626225923.X57847@ganymede.hub.org
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On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Tom Lane wrote:

> I just noticed that these two modules define operator @ as "contains"
> and operator ~ as "contained by", which is opposite to the meanings used
> by every other datatype.
>
> Is it better to fix this or leave well enough alone?

I'd say for consistencies sake, it should be fixed, but that will break
'backwards compatibility' for anyone using it ... :(

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