Re: factorial function/phase out postfix operators?

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: John Naylor <john(dot)naylor(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: factorial function/phase out postfix operators?
Date: 2020-08-28 15:00:28
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZF5Xq7mtnXGUCsffWy5zM6rorD9q_hdEj+bMVzt3Vt=Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 4:44 AM John Naylor <john(dot)naylor(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 5:04 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > I'm a bit inclined to kill them both off and standardize on factorial()
> > (not numeric_fac).
>
> +1

Here's a modified version of John's patch that also describes ! and !!
as deprecated. It looked too wordy to me to recommend what should be
used instead, so I have not done that.

Comments?

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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