Re: hstore ==> and deprecate =>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>, Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: hstore ==> and deprecate =>
Date: 2010-07-02 20:38:06
Message-ID: AANLkTilpj_KNgFAmd8GasikYWAm6jNWJulJuycUNF_Um@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:39 PM, David E. Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> wrote:
> On Jul 2, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>
>>>> Yeah, I think the consensus is to avoid picking an operator name at all.
>>>> "slice()" is OK by me.
>>>
>>> Will this be done for Beta 3?
>>
>> You forgot to attach the patch.  :-)
>
> Attached.
>
> Only thing that gave me pause is the presence of the undocumented `slice_array()` function, which is used by the `->` operator. I think I might like to see it renamed `avals(hstore, text[])` if it ever gets documented, as it nicely complements the existing `avals(hstore)` function.

Thanks, committed - with the exception that I reverted your change to
the title of section F.13.2, which I believe was in error (and
possibly accidental).

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Robert Haas
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