Re: Poll: are people okay with function/operator table redesign?

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Steven Pousty <steve(dot)pousty(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pierre Giraud <pierre(dot)giraud(at)dalibo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Poll: are people okay with function/operator table redesign?
Date: 2020-04-18 12:27:12
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZrYwfh4bU+OyhvdvHADBay6CcsseA74vtj8gO_mKOmNQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 6:30 PM David G. Johnston
<david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I feel like writing them as:
>
> + (date, integer) -> date
>
> makes more sense as they are mainly sorted on the operator symbol as opposed to the left operand.

I thought about that, too, but I think the way Tom did it is better.
It's much more natural to see it using the syntax with which it will
actually be invoked.

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Robert Haas
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