| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Zeugswetter Andreas DCP SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at> |
| Cc: | "Jeff Davis" <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, andrew(at)supernews(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: @ versus ~, redux |
| Date: | 2006-09-06 14:01:33 |
| Message-ID: | 7860.1157551293@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Zeugswetter Andreas DCP SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at> writes:
>> Hm, I've never seen anyone spell "less than or equal to" as
>> "=<", so I'm not sure where you derive "=<@" from? Not
>> saying "no", but the other seems clearer to me.
> Yes, but to me too =<@ seems more natural since we started with @> and <@.
> Tom, your argument would more match your original @> and @<, but then it
> would imply @>= and @<=, imho.
Well, I'm reading it as "a comparison operator with @ plastered on the
side of the larger object", not a mirror-image thing. But maybe we
should just stick with @> and <@ as per the ltree precedent, and not
worry about leaving room for strict inclusion tests.
regards, tom lane
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