Re: BUG #18632: Whether you need to consider modifying the array's handling of delimiters?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "zengman(at)halodbtech(dot)com" <zengman(at)halodbtech(dot)com>, "pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #18632: Whether you need to consider modifying the array's handling of delimiters?
Date: 2024-09-25 14:51:24
Message-ID: 3647705.1727275884@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, PG Bug reporting form <
> noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>> So should we consider modifying "array_in" to enhance the handling of
>> separators to be more consistent with people's expectations?

> A design being inflexible or not meeting people’s expectations is not a
> bug. The system is behaving as documented. And we are not going to be
> redefining how valid code is parsed here.

Yeah, I seriously doubt that we could change array_in's behavior
for single quotes (to wit, that they are not special in any way)
without breaking existing applications.

regards, tom lane

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