Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> How about no operator at all? It won't be as cool to read, but
> consider, the arguments are text and text, not involving any hstore type
> at all, so whatever operator you choose is in practice blocked from
> everyone everywhere. No one could ever implement another key/value
> system that uses a similar interface. Or use the operator for anything
> else involving strings.
Yeah, that's a good point. Maybe we should just deprecate the operator
altogether.
regards, tom lane