[postgis-devel] New PostgreSQL contains/contained-by operators

[Markus Schaber]

Hi, Michael,

Michael Fuhr wrote:
> After discussion in pgsql-hackers Tom Lane committed a change to
> PostgreSQL HEAD (8.2devel) to replace the contains (~) and contained-by
> (@) operators with @> and <@, respectively.
> 
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00234.php
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2006-09/msg00172.php
> 
> Should PostGIS do the same to stay consistent with PostgreSQL?

I agree that should provide the new operators, but I'd hesitate to
remove the old ones, at least not for some time.


HTH,
Markus

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