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Tom Lane wrote:
> Matt Miller <mattm@epx.com> writes:
> >>> I can attach a patch that supports [EXACT | NOEXACT].
> >>
> >> Somehow, proposing two new reserved words instead of one doesn't seem
> >> very responsive to my gripe :-(.
>
> > My intention was to introduce the idea that the current behavior should
> > be changed, and to then suggest a path that eventually eliminates all
> > the new reserved words.
>
> Once you put 'em in, you can't ever really get rid of 'em :-( ... so I'd
> prefer to investigate a path that doesn't use that syntax in the first
> place.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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