Re: Please rename split(text,text,int) to splitpart

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Please rename split(text,text,int) to splitpart
Date: 2002-09-11 04:00:25
Message-ID: 200209110400.g8B40P411350@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > What do people think if this change?
>
> I'm not thrilled about renaming the function without forcing an initdb
> ... but the alternatives seem worse. Okay by me if we do it.

I am not either. How do you do the documentation when the function can
be called two ways. I guess we can give the SQL query to fix it during
beta2 _and_ add a regression test to make sure it is fix. That sounds
like a plan.

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