Re: factorial function/phase out postfix operators?

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: factorial function/phase out postfix operators?
Date: 2020-05-19 02:11:37
Message-ID: 20200519021137.GC7848@fetter.org
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On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 10:03:13PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > What are the thoughts about then marking the postfix operator deprecated
> > and eventually removing it?
>
> If we do this it'd require a plan. We'd have to also warn about the
> feature deprecation in (at least) the CREATE OPERATOR man page, and
> we'd have to decide how many release cycles the deprecation notices
> need to stand for.
>
> If that's the intention, though, it'd be good to get those deprecation
> notices published in v13 not v14.

+1 for deprecating in v13.

Best,
David.
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