Testing 9.3beta, it seems that array_remove() may return an empty 1-d
array whose upper bound is lower than its lower bound. I know that we
discussed allowing this kind of array, but I don't think that
discussion reached any conclusion, other than to agree that the
current empty 0-d array behaviour would be kept in 9.3.
I don't think it's intentional, but the current code in array_remove()
can return something like this:
SELECT array_dims(array_remove(array[1], 1));array_dims
------------[1:0]
(1 row)
and so the resulting empty 1-d array won't compare as equal to the
usual 0-d empty array:
SELECT array_remove(array[1], 1) = '{}';?column?
----------f
(1 row)
The LHS is effectively '[1:0]={}', but we don't currently allow that
syntax, so I don't think we should be returning it (it wouldn't
survive a dump/restore, for example).
Regards,
Dean
