Re: use-regular-expressions-to-simplify-less_greater-and-not_equals.patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: use-regular-expressions-to-simplify-less_greater-and-not_equals.patch
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Msg-id 2948697.1630872674@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: use-regular-expressions-to-simplify-less_greater-and-not_equals.patch  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> On 8/10/21 11:27 PM, 孙诗浩(思才) wrote:
>>      we can use regular expressions (<>|!=) to cover "<>" and "!=".

> I don't understand the problem being solved here. This looks like a
> change with no discernable benefit. I don't agree that the current code
> is substantially more likely to confuse developers. And the lexer is not
> something that gets a lot of change.

By my count, the response to this has been two definite "no"s, one
leaning-to-no, and nobody speaking in favor.  Nor has the submitter
provided a stronger argument for it.  I'm going to mark this
rejected in the CF app.

            regards, tom lane



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