Re: Range Types and extensions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Range Types and extensions
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Msg-id 16950.1307469573@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Range Types and extensions  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
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Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> writes:
> On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 14:42 -0700, Darren Duncan wrote:
>> Can Pg be changed to support "." in operator names as long as they don't just 
>> appear by themselves?  What would this break to do so?

> Someone else would have to comment on that.

DOT_DOT is already a token in plpgsql; trying to make it be also an
operator name would break a lot of existing plpgsql code.
        regards, tom lane


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