[postgis-devel] Function Naming

[Obe, Regina]

Does ESRI use GIST as well for their PG_GEOMETRY or whatever they call it.  I'm just thinking if we call it geometry  may get confusing for people that use both types. Though theirs is in a separate schema anyway so doesn't matter I suppose except if someone makes the sde schema a global one then we could have some clashes maybe.  Probably not.  Just thinking out loud.


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Sent: Sat 1/24/2009 6:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [postgis-devel] Function Naming
 
Paul Ramsey wrote:

> One naming inconsistency you might have noted is that i've recommended
> renaming some ugly-named gist support functions to
> postgis_gist_compress, etc. But I also have some new functions for the
> aggregates, named like pgis_geometry_accum_finalfn(pgis_abs). Should I
> re-name my new pgis_ functions to use the fully spelled out
> "postgis_"? I am leaning that way.
> 
> P.

The GiST support functions are related to an underlying type rather than 
to the library. If you were to go with "postgis_gist_compress", what 
would happen if someone were to code up an implementation of a new 
geography type for PostGIS? I think "geometry_gist_compress" etc. would 
be the way to go.


ATB,

Mark.

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