Re: [PATCH] Negative Transition Aggregate Functions (WIP) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCH] Negative Transition Aggregate Functions (WIP)
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Msg-id 11169.1387125877@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Negative Transition Aggregate Functions (WIP)  (David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>)
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David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com> writes:
> I've attached an updated patch which includes some documentation.
> I've also added support for negfunc in CREATE AGGREGATE. Hopefully that's
> an ok name for the option, but if anyone has any better ideas please let
> them be known.

I'd be a bit inclined to build the terminology around "reverse" instead of
"negative" --- the latter seems a bit too arithmetic-centric.  But that's
just MHO.
        regards, tom lane



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