Re: TODO item - tid <> operator - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: TODO item - tid <> operator
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Msg-id 200510251449.j9PEnxk24452@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: TODO item - tid <> operator  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: TODO item - tid <> operator  (Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > This has been saved for the 8.2 release:
> >     http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches_hold
>
> Uh, why do we need this at all?  "NOT (tid = tid)" covers the
> functionality already.

tid should be a fully functional type, at least for = and !=.

> I disagree strongly with renumbering existing hand-assigned OIDs for
> this.  There's too much risk of breakage and no benefit.

Agreed.

> Also, you forgot to add the negator cross-links between the operators.

OK.

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