Re: json api WIP patch

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: json api WIP patch
Date: 2013-02-01 00:26:58
Message-ID: 510B0BD2.4010000@dunslane.net
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On 01/31/2013 07:16 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Jan 31, 2013, at 2:20 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>
>> I'm happy to take opinions about this, and I expected some bikeshedding, but your reaction is contrary to everything others have told me. Mostly they love the operators.
>>
>> I guess that '~>' and '~>>' would work as well as '->' and '->>'.
> Or +> and +>>, since ~ is set very high and small by some fonts (where the fontmakers though of it as a kind of superscript character).
>
> I suppose that := is out of the question?
>

Even if it were I would not on any account use it. As an old Ada
programmer my mind just revolts at the idea of using this for anything
but assignment.

cheers

andrew

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