Re: [PATCH] Exorcise "zero-dimensional" arrays (Was: Re: Should array_length() Return NULL)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Exorcise "zero-dimensional" arrays (Was: Re: Should array_length() Return NULL)
Date: 2013-04-03 16:30:59
Message-ID: 16677.1365006659@sss.pgh.pa.us
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>> Zero as the default lower bound is consistent with most languages
>> (especially the common ones like C, C++, Java, & Python), in fact
>> I don't remember any language where that is not the case (ignoring
>> SQL) - and I've written programs in about 20 languages.

Fortran ... Basic ... actually I'd have thought that zero was a
minority position. Fashions change I guess.

regards, tom lane

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