[postgis-devel] WKT Raster: Back from RT_ to ST_

[Mateusz Loskot]

Pierre Racine wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thinking about it twice, I realize that if one of the main goal of WKT
> Raster is to "to offer a single set of SQL functions (like
> ST_Intersects) operating seamlessly on vector and raster coverages" we
> must rename all our functions from "RT_" to "ST_" so that a user can use
> its knowledge of PostGIS and apply it to the raster type seemlessly e.g.
> ST_Envelope(raster r1).
> 
> One of the argument against was that ST_ stands for "standard" (is this
> right?) and that (surely) none of WKT Raster is standard. But many
> (most?) PostGIS function are also not standard and they nevertheless
> have the ST_ prefix.

Pierre,

Just for the records, Martin and I, we don't have any
preferences about which prefix should be preferred in WKT Raster.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net