Re: @ versus ~, redux - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: @ versus ~, redux
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Msg-id 23159.1157378167@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: @ versus ~, redux  (Michael Glaesemann <grzm@seespotcode.net>)
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Michael Glaesemann <grzm@seespotcode.net> writes:
> Assuming the meaning of contains and is contained in is inclusive  
> (rather than strict), then we'd have

> a <<= b : a contains b
> a =>> b : a is contained by b

I don't think we can consider that, because we already have << and >>
operators meaning "is left of", "is right of" for (some of) the affected
datatypes.  We'd have to start renaming those too, and that very rapidly
turns into a mess.
        regards, tom lane


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