Re: No ~ operator for box, point

Can I get a TODO on this?

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Jim Nasby wrote:
> On Jan 25, 2007, at 6:26 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
> >> On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:59:33PM -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> >>> On 1/25/07, Jim C. Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> wrote:
> >>>> decibel=# select box '((0,0),(2,2))' ~ point '(1,1)';
> >>>> ERROR: operator does not exist: box ~ point
> >>>
> >>> I don't see a reason, although you can do it with polygon and not
> >>> box.
> >
> > Seems like an old oversight.
>
> Ok. If I ever get some time I'll submit a patch to bring everything
> in-line (there's other missing operators as well).
>
> >>> Also, I can't find the ~ operator defined for polygon in the
> >>> documentation, am I missing something?
> >
> > ~ is deprecated, "contains" is preferentially spelled @> now.
>
> Ok, I'll keep that in mind.
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