Re: make == as = ?

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: make == as = ?
Date: 2004-04-07 08:20:55
Message-ID: 200404071020.55307.peter_e@gmx.net
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Fabien COELHO wrote:
> Would it hurt anybody if operator == is made a synonym for operator

Yes, people would be induced to write incorrect code.

> =? as != is a synonum for <>, it would make sense.

That was never such a terribly good idea, IMHO. It might have gotten
carried over from PostQUEL.

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