Re: [PATCH] Support empty ranges with bounds information

> On Mar 2, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Pantelis Theodosiou <ypercube(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 3:28 PM Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
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> > On Mar 2, 2021, at 5:20 AM, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org> wrote:
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> > it's currently not possible to create an empty range with bounds information.
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> > This patch tries to improve the situation by keeping the bounds information,
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> > No other semantics have been changed.
> > All tests passes without any changes.
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> I recall this issue of empty ranges not keeping any bounds information being discussed back when range types were developed, and the design choice was intentional. Searching the archives for that discussion, I don't find anything, probably because I'm not searching for the right keywords. Anybody have a link to that discussion?
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> Mark Dilger
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> Marc, perhaps you were referring to this discussion?
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/4D5534D0020000250003A87E@gw.wicourts.gov

Yes, I believe so. Thank you for the link.

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