Re: proposal: searching in array function - array_position - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> Pavel Stehule wrote:
>> I am thinking, so it is ok - it returns a offset, not position.

> So you can't use it as a subscript?  That sounds unfriendly.  Almost
> every function using this will be subtly broken.

I concur; perhaps "offset" was the design intention, but it's wrong.
The result should be a subscript.
        regards, tom lane