Re: @ versus ~, redux

From: Matteo Beccati <php(at)beccati(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: andrew(at)supernews(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: @ versus ~, redux
Date: 2006-09-06 09:52:55
Message-ID: 44FE9A77.80209@beccati.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> The existing geometric containment tests seem to be nonstrict, so if we
> wanted to leave room to add strict ones later, it might be best to
> settle on
>
> x @>= y x contains or equals y
> x <=@ y x is contained in or equals y
>
> reserving @> and <@ for future strict comparison operators.

Since the choice of @> and <@ comes from current ltree operators I'd
like to point out that they are non-strict for ltree, and this could add
a little bit of inconsistence.

Best regards
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Matteo Beccati
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