On Jun 17, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Florian Pflug wrote:
> How about turning it into a function
> hstore hstore(hstore, text[])
> instead?
I just searched through the 2008 spec for a slice/subset operator and came up empty. It seems to define a bunch of
predicatesfor multisets, but not much for arrays.
And looking again at the options, I'm *okay* with %, but not keen on %> anymore (I could see a future where %> and <%
itas complement @> and <@ by confirming the presence of keys in an hstore:
bool = hstore %> text[];
So, frankly, I'm coming back to what Florian has suggested here. What about calling it slice?
hstore = slice(hstore, text[]);
It'd be nice to have one for arrays, too:
anyarray[] = slice(anyarray[], int[]);
An operator could always be added later if a good one appeared.
Okay, no more bikeshedding for me on this issue. I'm covered in paint.
Best,
David
