Re: Fwd: pg_trgm word_similarity inconsistencies or bug

Hi,

my statement about the function usefulness was probably too categorical,
though I had in mind the current name of the function.

I'm afraid that creating a function that implements quite different
algorithms depending on a global parameter seems very hacky and would lead
to misunderstandings. I do understand the need of backward compatibility,
but I'd opt for the lesser evil. Perhaps a good idea would be to change the
name to 'substring_similarity()' and introduce the new function
'word_similarity()' later, for example in the next major version release.

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Jan Przemysław Wójcik

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