Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-19 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > AFAICS, getting SIMILAR TO to operate per spec would require adding some > sort of translation function that converts the spec-style pattern into > a Posix pattern that our regex match engine would handle. This would at > least require adding ^ and $ around the pattern, converti

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-19 Thread Tom Lane
"Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Right, so you have two telling you to remove it, one telling you to add > it, and two that are discussion why/if it *should* be added ... Tom feels > it should be added, and I'm clarifing the why of it ... don't re-add it > until we've determined *

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-19 Thread Tom Lane
"Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Who implemented SIMILAR TO in the first place? Thomas. He put in the syntax, but as it stands it's simply syntactic sugar for ~ --- that is, our Posix-compatible regex match operator. Since the spec demands very non-Posix behavior, this is wrong.

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-19 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > > > > It is an open issue. It has to be resolved. When it is, I will remove > > > it. I added a question mark to it but it needs to be tracked. I keep > > > having to add

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > It is an open issue. It has to be resolved. When it is, I will remove > > it. I added a question mark to it but it needs to be tracked. I keep > > having to add and remove it because I have people telling me what to

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-18 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > It is an open issue. It has to be resolved. When it is, I will remove > it. I added a question mark to it but it needs to be tracked. I keep > having to add and remove it because I have people telling me what to do. > > It was Peter who told me to

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
It is an open issue. It has to be resolved. When it is, I will remove it. I added a question mark to it but it needs to be tracked. I keep having to add and remove it because I have people telling me what to do. It was Peter who told me to add it, and you and Thomas to remove it. It isn't me

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-18 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Re-added to open items: > > Fix SIMILAR TO to be ANSI compliant or remove it (Peter, Tom) Tke that @#$@$@@$@#$ thing out of there until its actually been fully discussed ... you are starting to remind me of Charlie Brown ... this, I think, was

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-18 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Tom Lane wrote: > "Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm in agreement with Thomas here ... unless a problem has been defined a > > bit more specifically then 'it isn't posix compliant', it shouldn't be > > considered an open item ... please remove? > > A quick

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Re-added to open items: Fix SIMILAR TO to be ANSI compliant or remove it (Peter, Tom) --- Tom Lane wrote: > "Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm in agreement with Thomas here ... unless a problem

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-18 Thread Tom Lane
"Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm in agreement with Thomas here ... unless a problem has been defined a > bit more specifically then 'it isn't posix compliant', it shouldn't be > considered an open item ... please remove? A quick review of SQL99 says that their notion of SIMILA

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > I think you are confusing the open items list with the TODO list. TODO > > usually has some basis, while open items is just that, things we need to > > decide on. Peter brought it up and wanted it on the list so I put it

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-18 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > I think you are confusing the open items list with the TODO list. TODO > usually has some basis, while open items is just that, things we need to > decide on. Peter brought it up and wanted it on the list so I put it > on. I can be taken off just as

Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Marc G. Fournier wrote: > Well, if nobody can identify what exactly the problem is, it should > definitely be removed from the Open Items list ... maybe we need to lay > down some 'rules' for the TODO list? Some sort of criteria other hten > "someone suggested it" to work with? For instance, cha

The TODO List (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Open 7.3 items)

2002-09-18 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Thomas Lockhart wrote: > > ... > > > Fix SIMILAR TO to be Posix compiant or remove it > > > > Sorry, was there a decision here? > > > > No one has described the problem, just declared that there is one and > > declared that the feature should be removed