Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 05:00:50PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Sorry, I don't know the history of hstore... but if it's brand new, why
> > > are we worried about backwards compatibility?
> >
> > Because it's been available for a
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 05:00:50PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Sorry, I don't know the history of hstore... but if it's brand new, why
> > are we worried about backwards compatibility?
>
> Because it's been available for awhile outside of contrib (namely
Jim C. Nasby wrote:
Sorry, I don't know the history of hstore... but if it's brand new, why
are we worried about backwards compatibility?
It has existed for a while, but has not previously been in contrib.
cheers
andrew
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"Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Sorry, I don't know the history of hstore... but if it's brand new, why
> are we worried about backwards compatibility?
Because it's been available for awhile outside of contrib (namely,
on Oleg and Teodor's own site). So there are people using it.
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 04:17:19PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> >On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:04:10AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >
> >>Teodor Sigaev wrote:
> >>
> >>>It's possible to create function 'exists' and mention only it in docs.
> >>>
> >>Good point. Wi
Jim C. Nasby wrote:
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:04:10AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
Teodor Sigaev wrote:
It's possible to create function 'exists' and mention only it in docs.
Good point. Will you do that, or do you want me to?
ISTM it would be better to mention the depre
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:04:10AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Teodor Sigaev wrote:
> >It's possible to create function 'exists' and mention only it in docs.
>
> Good point. Will you do that, or do you want me to?
ISTM it would be better to mention the deprecated version and
explicitly state
>> 'exists' isn't a good name for function :(.
>>
>
> Yeah, that isn't going to work. Perhaps "ifexists"? Or just leave well
> enough alone.
>
>
>
Darn. Can't have been thinking clearly this morning.
How about "exist" (no s)?
Maybe 'found', 'present', or 'contains'? (no, I h
Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How about "exist" (no s)?
Seems a bit ugly, but better than isexists or ifexists ...
regards, tom lane
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Tom Lane wrote:
Teodor Sigaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
'exists' isn't a good name for function :(.
Yeah, that isn't going to work. Perhaps "ifexists"? Or just leave well
enough alone.
Darn. Can't have been thinking clearly this morning.
How about "exist" (no s)?
cheers
a
Teodor Sigaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 'exists' isn't a good name for function :(.
Yeah, that isn't going to work. Perhaps "ifexists"? Or just leave well
enough alone.
regards, tom lane
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'exists' isn't a good name for function :(. From gram.y:
col_name_keyword:
...
function_name:
IDENT { $$ = $1; }
| unreserved_keyword{ $$ = pstrdup($1); }
| func_name_keyword { $$
Teodor Sigaev wrote:
Andrew Dunstan wrote:
Teodor Sigaev wrote:
It's possible to create function 'exists' and mention only it in docs.
Good point. Will you do that, or do you want me to?
May I ask you? I'm afraid that there is more incorrectness.
Well, "isdefined" isn't incorrect, but
Andrew Dunstan wrote:
Teodor Sigaev wrote:
It's possible to create function 'exists' and mention only it in docs.
Good point. Will you do that, or do you want me to?
May I ask you? I'm afraid that there is more incorrectness.
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Teodor Sigaev wrote:
It's possible to create function 'exists' and mention only it in docs.
Good point. Will you do that, or do you want me to?
Bruce Momjian wrote:
Andrew Dunstan wrote:
Before we spring hstore on an unsuspecting world as a contrib
module, in the interests of good English
It's possible to create function 'exists' and mention only it in docs.
Bruce Momjian wrote:
Andrew Dunstan wrote:
Before we spring hstore on an unsuspecting world as a contrib module, in
the interests of good English, is it too late to change "isexists" to
simply "exists"?
Sure, we can do it
Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> Before we spring hstore on an unsuspecting world as a contrib module, in
> the interests of good English, is it too late to change "isexists" to
> simply "exists"?
Sure, we can do it, as long as we aren't worried about adding
incompatibilities for existing hstore users
Before we spring hstore on an unsuspecting world as a contrib module, in
the interests of good English, is it too late to change "isexists" to
simply "exists"?
cheers
andrew
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