[postgis-devel] topology.sql distribution

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

strk wrote:

> Eh, topology.sql distinguishes ISO/MM signatures from PostGIS-internal
> ones by use of that prefix ...
> 
> (which is one of the reason why I didn't like the full ST_ addition
> to all functions)

Yeah; the conversion from non ST_ prefix to ST_ prefix functions was not 
a particularly well thought-out one.

In terms of determining ISO/MM vs. PostGIS-only functions, our current 
philosophy is to add a marker in the documentation for 
standards-compliant methods, e.g. 
http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.5/ST_Dimension.html.


ATB,

Mark.

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