Re: updated hstore patch

On Sep 20, 2009, at 1:03 AM, Andrew Gierth wrote:

> I will resubmit (hopefully in a day or two) with the following
> changes:
>
> - removal of the \set schema variable stuff from the .sql script
> - documentation fixes as mentioned in my previous email
> - additional documentation for some of the newer features
> - more internal code documentation covering the handling of old
> formats

+1. And maybe a discussion about upgrading old hstore values?

> I'd appreciate public feedback on:
>
> - whether conversions to/from a {key,val,key,val,...} array are needed
> (and if there's strong opinions in favour of making them casts; in
> the
> absence of strong support for that, I'll stick to functions)

Definitely functions. I'm strongly in favor of an explicit cast, as
well, but I'm spoiled by Perl, so I may be overly biased. Functions
will do to start.

Best,

David