Extending Explode

[nikolaus . stahl]

Hi,

I'd like to make a patch that extends the functionality of "explode"  
to include an output column with the position of each item in the  
original array.

I imagine this could be useful to the greater community and am  
wondering if I should extend the current explode function or if I  
should write a completely new function. Any thoughts on what will be  
more useful and more likely to be added to the hive-trunk would be  
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Niko