Re: RfD: more powerful "any" types

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, "Pg Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: RfD: more powerful "any" types
Date: 2009-09-11 14:24:55
Message-ID: 4AAA1767020000250002ACC6@gw.wicourts.gov
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:

> the format version is a lot better than the || alternative.

Well, if you're trying to tell me what is easier for me to read,
you're probably wrong. I won't presume to try to tell you what you
find easier to read.

I think the main benefit of a sprintf type function for PostgreSQL is
in the formatting (setting length, scale, alignment), not in making
concatenation more pretty.

-Kevin

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