Re: Add missing function abs (interval) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From John Naylor
Subject Re: Add missing function abs (interval)
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Msg-id CAFBsxsEcgHzkOnK=X68W8NFCZH7BuHGx5ufE1dKZxxmCtuyqRw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Add missing function abs (interval)  (Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com>)
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On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 3:33 PM Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On a newly set up system there are 7 types with a unary minus operator defined, but only 6 of them have an abs function:
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> Would a patch to add a function with this behaviour to the initial database be welcome?

Looking in the archives, I see this attempt that you can build upon:


> If so, should I implement it essentially like the above, or as an internal function? I've noticed that even when it seems like it might be reasonable to implement a built-in function as an SQL function they tend to be internal.

By default it should be internal. 

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John Naylor
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