Re: BUG #2913: Subscript on multidimensional array yields no value

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > I can confirm this is a bug. Added to the TODO list:
> > o ARRAY[[1,2],[3,4]])[1] should return the same values as
> > ARRAY[[1,2],[3,4]])[1:1];
>
> This is not a bug, this is a definitional disagreement, and your TODO
> entry presupposes an answer that I don't particularly agree with.

Well, our documentation suggests thaat [1] is the same as [1:1]:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/arrays.html#AEN5791

What is the issue here that makes that not true?

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