[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #746: ST_Dump with GSerialized POINT EMPTY and EWKT/AsText mismatch?

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#746: ST_Dump with GSerialized POINT EMPTY and  EWKT/AsText mismatch?
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 Reporter:  robe     |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium   |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
Component:  postgis  |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:           |  
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Comment(by pramsey):

 A deeper question is what the right answer to the ST_Dump() question is.
 Try the following:
 {{{
 SELECT ST_Dump(ST_GeomFromText('POINT EMPTY',4326));
 SELECT ST_Dump(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING EMPTY',4326));
 SELECT ST_Dump(ST_GeomFromText('MULTILINESTRING EMPTY',4326));
 SELECT ST_Dump(ST_GeomFromText('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION EMPTY',4326));
 }}}
 Try the final one in PostGIS 1.5 too. That seems to indicate the "right"
 answer for ST_Dump(empty) is "no records".

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